Which sentence has an error in parallel structure?

Question

Responses

A Why don't you just sit down, shut up, and let someone else take over the meeting?Why don't you just sit down, shut up, and let someone else take over the meeting?

B The director was looking for a girl who could do action, comedy, and romance--preferably all at the same time.The director was looking for a girl who could do action, comedy, and romance--preferably all at the same time.

C Jane could never understand why her best friend left, why she didn't leave a note, and why she could never keep a best friend.Jane could never understand why her best friend left, why she didn't leave a note, and why she could never keep a best friend.

D Whenever Mary cooks cookies, she also eats half the dough, scalds the bottoms of the cookies, and she never cleans up her mess.

Answer 1

The sentence with an error in parallel structure is:

D Whenever Mary cooks cookies, she also eats half the dough, scalds the bottoms of the cookies, and she never cleans up her mess.

The issue in this sentence is the phrase "and she never cleans up her mess," which introduces a different structure (the use of "she") than the previous items in the list. A corrected version could be: "Whenever Mary cooks cookies, she also eats half the dough, scalds the bottoms of the cookies, and never cleans up her mess."