Question

Which part of the sentence contains faulty parallel structure? A) A public observation deck B) 78 floors of office space C) To honor the year the Declaration of Independence was signed D) There is no error in this sentence.

1) A public observation deck
2) 78 floors of office space
3) To honor the year the Declaration of Independence was signed
4) There is no error in this sentence.

Answer 1

Option 3, 'To honor the year the Declaration of Independence was signed', is the part with faulty parallel structure because it breaks the noun phrase pattern established by the other parts of the list with an infinitive phrase.

Step-by-step explanation:

The part of the sentence that contains faulty parallel structure is option 3: 'To honor the year the Declaration of Independence was signed'.

Parallel structure in a sentence means that each part or item in a list should match in form. In this case, options 1 and 2 ('A public observation deck' and '78 floors of office space') are both noun phrases, but option 3 starts with an infinitive phrase, which breaks the parallelism.

The Declaration of Independence was indeed a significant historical document, but in this context, understanding it is relevant for correcting grammatical errors rather than focusing on the document's content or the year it was signed.