Question

Correct the underlined part of the sentence. If there is no error choose "no change."

Many eighteenth and nineteenth-century Romantic poets were believers in rebellion against social conventions, express strong emotion, and the power of imagination.

• A. No change
• B. Are believers in rebelling against social conventions, strong emotions being expressed
• C. Who believed in rebellion against social conventions, express strong emotion
• D. Believed in rebellion against social conventions, to express strong emotions
• E. Believed in rebellion against social conventions, the expression of strong emotions

Answer 1

The correct option is E Believed in rebellion against social conventions, the expression of strong emotions

The error in this sentence is a lack of a parallel structure- the three things listed in the sentence should be phrased in a similar manner in order to confirm to a parallel structure. Here, 'believers in rebellion...' and 'express strong emotions' are not parallel.It should be 'rebellion', 'expression' and 'power'. Option E does this and therefore is the correct answer.