Examine the following and identify the option that violates parallelism of construction.
A) Increase in variable costs
B) Rise in employee share ownership
C) Decline in sales
D) Production cost is increasing
E) Fall of the stock market

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The phrase "production cost is increasing" does not match the grammatical structure of the other options, which all involve a noun followed by a preposition and a noun phrase. To maintain parallelism, the option should be "Increase in production costs."

Examine the Following and Identify the Option That Violates Parallelism