9. Which is an example of faulty coordination?

A. Tom Blackenship was not only a childhood friend of Mark Twain's but also a model for the character Huck Finn.

B. Samuel Clemens was born in 1835, and he is better known by the pen name Mark Twain.

C. Places that Mark Twain describes in Huckleberry Finn are based on real places in Missouri.

D. Mark Twain traveled all over the world, but he never forgot his childhood home in Missouri.

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Colby Calderon

7 May, 00:40

9. Which is an example of faulty coordination?

A. Tom Blackenship was not only a childhood friend of Mark Twain's but also a model for the character Huck Finn.

B. Samuel Clemens was born in 1835, and he is better known by the pen name Mark Twain.

C. Places that Mark Twain describes in Huckleberry Finn are based on real places in Missouri.

D. Mark Twain traveled all over the world, but he never forgot his childhood home in Missouri.

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Russell · Answer 1

While none of these sentences is particularly horrible, I would say that B is the best example of faulty coordination--if you note that the verbs switch from past to present tense within the same sentence, it draws attention in a very awkward way. Each clause could be it's own fully developed sentence, with more detail. The remaining sentences work well as stand alone sentences, and are congruent in structure and content.