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Which sentence is an example of faulty coordination?

William Penn founded Philadelphia in 1682, but Swedish immigrants had settled Southwark years earlier.
   
Many old homes in Society Hill have been restored, so they now look as they did in the past.
   
Pennsylvania’s oldest church is in Southwark, and it was opened in 1640.
   
The Germantown settlement was founded close to Philadelphia, but the two places remained separate for nearly 200 years.

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The correct answer is C.

Answer:

Pennsylvania’s oldest church is in Southwark, and it was opened in 1640.

I got this right on gradpoint. You're welcome.

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The answer is " Pennsylvania’s oldest church is in Southwark, and it was opened in 1640".

The explanation for this alternative being correct is that faulty coordination means that two clauses are united in an illogical order, and this alternative is the only one in which we can observe this.

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