<p>The (flavor of) a Meyer lemon, a fruit (native to) China, is sweeter and (less acidic than) that of a common lemon, and a Meyer lemon's skin (is edible.) </p>
<p>The answer is D (is edible.) Maybe it's just the awkward phrasing that I got this wrong, I don't know. I thought it should be "and a Meyer lemon's skin is also edible." Can anyone explain?</p>
<p>There should be a semicolan in there. The second part of the sentence is a whole idea and I feel like in order to connect it to the first half you must add “also”? Not very sure.</p>
<p>It is only possible to correct what is identified as a possible error.</p>
<p>In the question:</p>
<p>The (flavor of) a Meyer lemon, a fruit (native to) China, is sweeter and (less acidic than) that of a common lemon, and a Meyer lemon’s skin (is edible.) </p>
<p>we are not asked to question the use of the conjunction “and” and the possible incorrect combination of two rather separate ideas. So we must assume that (,) and (and) are correct.</p>
<p>Systematically:</p>
<p>(flavor of) clearly correct usage
(native to) clearly correct usage
(less acidic than) clearly correct usage
(is edible) is “questioned”</p>
<p>But you wouldn’t argue if I said “bread is edible” or “orange rind is edible” as being grammatically correct.</p>
<p>So there’s no error.</p>