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Which sentence avoids a parallelism​ problem?

A. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, it outraged the​ king, and provocative.
B. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous in​ attitude, and it provoked the anger of the king.
C. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous, and it provoked the anger of the king.
D. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous, and provocative.

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Answer:

B. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous in​ attitude, and it provoked the anger of the king.

Step-by-step explanation:

When there are two modifiers in a sentence that are used together and is joined by a conjunction and there is one phrase in the sentence and the other is a clause with a verb, the common parallelism​ problem in a sentence arises.

Thus the following sentence from the list avoids the parallelism​ problem :

B. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous in​ attitude, and it provoked the anger of the king.

Thus the answer is B. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous in​ attitude, and it provoked the anger of the king.

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