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<p>1) Could someone explain why the answer for this sentence error question is D?</p>

<p>"Along" (A) the curve of islands known as the Floridan Keys "lies" (B) a reef of living coral, "the only one" (C) of "a kind" (D) in the continental United States. "No error" (E) </p>

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<p>2) Also, in CR, I often get those "word meaning in context" questions. I can narrow it down to two, but I kind of get confused between the two and pick the wrong one half the time. Any advice?</p>

<p>3) In the Sentence Error part, if a sentence is grammatically correct but is not written in parallel structure, is it considered wrong?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>1) The error is that "the only one" / "a kind" when used together is redundant. So a better way would be to get rid of D.</p>

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<p>Not only is it redundant, but one-of-a-kind technically needs hyphens. However, as the above poster mentioned "only" and "one of a kind" are the same thing, and thus, one is unecessary.</p>

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<p>Part D is incorrect because it is an improper idiom. Not only is it redundant to say "the only one of a kind" - but it has no antecedent. The only of what kind? If you wanted to use "one of a kind" in the sentence it would have to read: "The only one of its kind," because then you're signfying what kind it is.</p>