Question

read each sentence and decide whether the underlined portion contains a mistake. if it does, identify the best way to correct or improve the sentence by choosing the appropriate alternative from the answer choices. if the underlined portion requires no correction or improvement, choose no improvement or correction is required. although my summer job was not easy and was not lucrative either, i learned a lot about self - discipline and perseverance. not easy, but also not lucrative not easy but lucrative neither easy nor lucrative not easy and lucrative no improvement or correction is required.

Explanation:

The original sentence uses "not...and not...either" which is an awkward construction. The phrase "neither...nor..." is a more concise and grammatically correct way to express that the job was not easy and also not lucrative.

• "Not easy, but also not lucrative" is an incorrect and awkward phrasing.
• "Not easy but lucrative" changes the meaning as it implies the job was lucrative which is not the case.
• "Not easy and lucrative" also changes the meaning.

Answer:

neither easy nor lucrative