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Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:

The policy aims to neither penalise first-time offenders (1)/ nor those who may have violated norms (2)/ due to systemic ambiguity (3)/ rather than deliberate intent. (4)

A(1)

B(2)

C(3)

D(4)

Answer:

A. (1)

Read Explanation:

• this is an error of parallel construction with the correlative conjunction neither... nor. • The words following neither and nor must belong to the same grammatical category. • Because "nor" is followed by a noun phrase ("those who..."), "neither" must also immediately precede a noun phrase. • Correction: "The policy aims neither to penalise first-time offenders..." or "The policy aims to penalise neither first-time offenders nor those..."


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