English Grammar - Spotting Errors

English Grammar
English Grammar - Spotting Errors

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:


The regulator's decision to postpone the implementation (1) / was attributed partly to industry pressure (2) / and partly due to legal ambiguity (3) / surrounding the recent amendments. (4)

Options:

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)

Right Answer: (3)

This sentence uses a correlative structure 'partly...partly...' to present two parallel reasons, and both parts following each 'partly' must be grammatically parallel. Part (2) correctly follows with 'partly to industry pressure', using the preposition 'to'. However, part (3) incorrectly uses 'partly due to legal ambiguity', inserting the phrase 'due to' which breaks the parallel structure since the first reason used only 'to' after 'partly'. The correct parallel form should be 'partly because of legal ambiguity' or simply 'partly to legal ambiguity' to match the first clause. Therefore, the error lies in part (3), making option 3 the correct answer.

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