There is an error in the underlined portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.
Either Britain nor the United States award gold discs to albums selling fewer than 100,000 copies; in fact, Britain requires 100,000 copies to be sold, while the United States requires 500,000 copies.
Explanation
Answer: B - Neither Britain nor the United States award gold discs to albums selling fewer than 100,000 copies; in fact, Britain requires 100,000 copies to be sold, while the United States requires 500,000 copies. This sentence demonstrates the use of parallelism. The underline portion’s structure should match the structure of the phrase. The use of the conjunction “nor” indicates a negative relationship, making “neither” the correct choice to create parallelism in the sentence.
