Question

if any of the underlined segments has an error, select the answer option that identifies the error. if no segments have an error, select
o error.\

marian anderson said that life had taught her to obey her own rules, the importance of acting, and to sing her very best.

to obey
the importance of acting
to sing
no error

Explanation:

Analyze sentence structure and parallelism

The sentence contains a list of three items that life taught Marian Anderson:

1. "to obey her own rules" (infinitive phrase)
2. "the importance of acting" (noun phrase)
3. "to sing her very best" (infinitive phrase)

Identify the grammatical error

The second item, "the importance of acting", is a noun phrase, which breaks the parallel structure established by the first and third infinitive phrases ("to obey..." and "to sing..."). To maintain parallel structure, all items in the list should be in the same grammatical form (e.g., "to obey her own rules, to value the importance of acting, and to sing her very best"). Therefore, "the importance of acting" is the segment containing the error.

Answer:

• to obey
• the importance of acting (Correct answer)
• to sing
• No error