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Sentence Correction 19 / 50

Choose the option that best corrects the grammatical or logical error in the underlined fragment.

The company's strategic overhaul aims not only to streamline internal operations but also a significant boost in market share through aggressive digital marketing.

A. (No change)
B. but also to significantly boost market share through aggressive digital marketing.
C. but also significantly boosting market share through aggressive digital marketing.
D. but also, through aggressive digital marketing, market share is significantly boosted.

1. Identification of Error: Parallelism error with correlative conjunctions.
2. Grammatical Rule: When using correlative conjunctions such as 'not only... but also', the elements following each part of the conjunction must be grammatically parallel. If the first element is an infinitive phrase, the second must also be an infinitive phrase.
3. Option Elimination:
A. Incorrect — The phrase "a significant boost in market share" is a noun phrase, which is not parallel to the infinitive phrase "to streamline internal operations."
B. Correct — This option makes the second element an infinitive phrase ("to significantly boost market share"), thus establishing parallelism with the first infinitive phrase ("to streamline internal operations").
C. Incorrect — "significantly boosting market share" is a gerund phrase, which does not maintain parallelism with the infinitive phrase "to streamline."
D. Incorrect — This option introduces a clause ("market share is significantly boosted"), which is not parallel to the infinitive phrase "to streamline."

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