Choose the segment that contains an error.The pines on top of the mountain above us looked as if fingers of their long boughs were fondling the substance of a white cloud.
Correct answer: C. as if fingers
- A. The pines on top
- B. of the mountain above us
- C. as if fingers
- D. the substance of
Explanation
The error is in the underlined segment "as if fingers". The sentence uses a metaphor to describe the appearance of the pine boughs, but the phrase "as if fingers" is incomplete and unclear. The correct phrase would be "as if they were fingers" or "like fingers" to make the metaphor clear.
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