Of the following headings from a report, _____ violates parallelism of construction.
A) "Leading position of the East"
B) "Runner-up status of Midwest"
C) "Third position for Far West"
D) "Rapidly gaining South ranks fourth"
E) "Last position for Mountain States"

Question

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The other headings all follow a parallel structure of "adjective + position + region," while D breaks this pattern by using the verb phrase "gaining" instead of an adjective to describe the South.

Of the Following Headings from a Report, _____ Violates Parallelism