Writing > Identifying Sentence Errors
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
(A)Modern vegetable farming ranges from small-scale, low-technology production and local sale (B)and vast commercial operations (C)that utilize the (D)latest advances in automation and technology. (E)No error
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
The correct answer is B
Explanation
The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is an improper idiom. The idiom is “ranges from x to y,” not “ranges from x and y.”