Rick Allen joined Def Leppard in 1978, and he was in a car accident, and he lost his arm, and he has a special drum set, and he still drums for Def Leppard. What is wrong with the sentence?

A. The ideas are not coordinate.

B. It lacks parallel structure.

C. It has an incorrect conjunctive adverb.

D. It has excessive coordination.

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Adalynn Mason

4 January, 14:30

Rick Allen joined Def Leppard in 1978, and he was in a car accident, and he lost his arm, and he has a special drum set, and he still drums for Def Leppard. What is wrong with the sentence?

A. The ideas are not coordinate.

B. It lacks parallel structure.

C. It has an incorrect conjunctive adverb.

D. It has excessive coordination.

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Ralph Chambers · Answer 1

Answer: B

Explanation:

It truly lacks a parallel structure.

Too much use of "and" in the same sentence, more than the appropriate times to be used, making the structure look bad and uncoordinated.