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Test Preparation
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<p>The revolt against Victorianism was perhaps even more marked in poetry than either fiction or drama.</p>

<p>(A) either fiction or drama
(B) either fiction or in drama
(C) either in fiction or drama
(D) in either fiction or drama
(E) in either fiction or in drama </p>

<p>Collegeboard says the answer is D.</p>

<p>Why does E not suffice? Do you not need parallel structure when using or/nor?</p>

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<p>i think that E is too wordy...D is simpler and does the job</p>

3

<p>Oh wait, the parallelism is between "in poetry" and "in either." Fiction and drama are already parallel. E does not work because it would need to be "either in fiction or in drama."</p>