Question

Steve Gadd is known as one of the most influential drummers of all time, and he toured with Eric Clapton.

What is wrong with the sentence?

A. The ideas are not coordinate.
B. It lacks parallel structure.
C. A semicolon should precede the coordinate adverb.
D. It has excessive coordination.

Answer 1

A. The ideas are not coordinate.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A.

The ideas in this sentence are not coordinated at all. They are merely two sentences linked by the conjunction "and."

In order to coordinate it correctly, a more appropiate conjunction should be added. One possibility would be the word "also."