The Following Sentences Form a Paragraph

question 14

Multiple Choice

The following sentences form a paragraph. Proofread them for inconsistent person and faulty parallelism. Identify the type of each error in each sentence, or select "correct" if the sentence is free of errors. Then one day, she mixed batter for plain butter drop cookies and creatively added chocolate bits.

• A) correct
• B) inconsistent person
• C) faulty parallelism

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