Which is an example of faulty coordination?


A) Samuel Clemens was born in 1835, and he is better known by the pen name Mark Twain.***

B) Places that Mark Twain describes in Huckleberry Finn are based on real places in Missouri.

C) Mark Twain traveled all over the world, but he never forgot his childhood home in Missouri.

D) Tom Blackenship was not only a childhood friend of Mark Twain’s but also a model for the character Huck Finn.

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To determine an example of faulty coordination in the given options, it is important to understand what faulty coordination means. Faulty coordination occurs when two grammatically equal elements are improperly coordinated with a coordinating conjunction, resulting in a sentence that is illogical or unclear.

Now, let's analyze each option to identify the example of faulty coordination:

A) Samuel Clemens was born in 1835, and he is better known by the pen name Mark Twain.
This option does not contain any faulty coordination. It is a correctly coordinated sentence providing two pieces of information about the same person.

B) Places that Mark Twain describes in Huckleberry Finn are based on real places in Missouri.
This option does not have any faulty coordination. It is a clear statement about the places described in Huckleberry Finn, mentioning that they are based on real places in Missouri.

C) Mark Twain traveled all over the world, but he never forgot his childhood home in Missouri.
This option does not exhibit faulty coordination. It uses the coordinating conjunction "but" to show a contrast between Mark Twain's global travels and his memory of his childhood home in Missouri.

D) Tom Blackenship was not only a childhood friend of Mark Twain’s but also a model for the character Huck Finn.
This sentence contains a faulty coordination. It uses the conjunction "but" inappropriately to coordinate two unequal elements. It is incorrect to coordinate the friendship between Tom Blackenship and Mark Twain with the fact that Tom was a model for the character Huck Finn.

Therefore, the example of faulty coordination in the given options is:

D) Tom Blackenship was not only a childhood friend of Mark Twain’s but also a model for the character Huck Finn.

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