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[All TEAS Section 2 Sentence Correction Questions]

The facts are well known. About half of all Indian children are undernourished, more than half suffer from anemia, and a similar proportion escapes full immunization.

  • A. About half of all Indian children are undernourished; more than half suffer from anemia, a similar
  • B. About half of all Indian children are undernourished, and more than half suffer from anemia, a similar
  • C. About half of all Indian children are undernourished, and more than half suffer from anemia, a similar
  • D. About half of all Indian children are undernourished and. more than half suffer from anemia, a similar
  • E. About half of all Indian children are undernourished; more than half suffer from anemia, and a similar
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Suggested Answer: E 🗳️
This sentence has an error in the use of parallelism. When there are many ideas or things take place In a sentence, the conjunction 'and' must take place before the last idea or the thing as it is shown in the option E A bout half of all Indian children are undernourished, more than half suffer from anemia, and a similar), whereas; other options are wrong by placing the conjunctions inappropriate places. Option E is the correct answer.

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