In 1862, Henning Koch began his translation of the book A Man Called Ove, a task that, taking him three years until finalization, and that original author Fredrik Backman, Koch’s contemporary, commended the greatest translation from the Swedish original.

In 1862, Henning Koch began his translation of the book A Man Called Ove, a task that, taking him three years until finalization, and that original author Fredrik Backman, Koch’s contemporary, commended the greatest translation from the Swedish original. 

A. his translation of the book A Man Called Ove, a task that, taking him three years until finalization, and that original author Fredrik Beckman, Koch’s contemporary, commended

B. his translation of the book A Man Called Ove, a task that took him three years to finalize and that original author Fredrik Beckman, Koch’s contemporary, commended

C. his translation of the book A Man Called Ove, a task that had taken three years to finalize and that original author Fredrik Beckman, Koch’s contemporary, commended it as

D. translating the book A Man Called Ove, a task that took three years until finalization and that original author Fredrik Beckman, Koch’s contemporary, commended it as

E. translating the book A Man Called Ove, a task that had taken three years to finalize and original author Fredrik Beckman, Koch’s contemporary, commended it

Right Answer: B

Error Identification: 

Identifier	Fix
Underlined list of words ‘Taking’ and ‘commended’	Parallelism
Underlined conjunction “and” in between the list.	Parallelism

Explanation:

In the sentence the Underlined list of words ‘taking’ and ‘commended’ are not parallel. To fix this parallelism error, both items need to be structurally and grammatically balanced.

A – Underlined list of words ‘Taking’ and ‘commended’ are not parallel. 

B – This is the right answer, which is clear and concise. Parallelism is maintained.

C – Russiage ‘had taken’ and ‘commended’ are not parallel. Usage of ‘it’ introduces redundancy.

D – Russiage “a task …’ incorrectly modifies ‘ A Man Called Ove’. It should modify ‘his translation of One hundred Years of Solitude’. Usage of ‘it’ introduces redundancy.

E – “A task …’ incorrectly modifies ‘ A Man Called Ove’. It should modify ‘his translation of A Man Called Ove’.  ‘Had taken’ and ‘commended’ are not parallel. Usage of ‘it’ introduces redundancy.