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English grammar error-spotting (parallelism of infinitives and correct verb form): Read the sentence in four parts (A–D) and identify the erroneous part; select ‘‘No error’’ only if the sentence is fully correct: ‘‘The method suggested in the lecture / enables a student to learn more quickly / and to have remembered for a longer period of time. / No error.’’

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: and to have remembered for a longer period of time.

Explanation:


Given data

  • A: ‘‘The method suggested in the lecture’’
  • B: ‘‘enables a student to learn more quickly’’
  • C: ‘‘and to have remembered for a longer period of time.’’
  • D: ‘‘No error.’’


Concept / Approach
Maintain parallel structure: ‘‘to learn’’ should pair with ‘‘to remember’’ (not ‘‘to have remembered’’). The perfect infinitive changes meaning and breaks symmetry.


Step-by-step evaluation
Correct parallelism → ‘‘… enables a student to learn … and to remember …’’Hence, Part C is the error: ‘‘and to have remembered for a longer period of time.’’


Correction
‘‘… enables a student to learn more quickly and to remember for a longer period of time.’’ (Optionally add an object: ‘‘to remember it …’’)


Common pitfalls

  • Mixing infinitive forms within coordinated structures.


Final Answer
and to have remembered for a longer period of time.

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