2012-02-15 09:00:11

Because he is best known for creating Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney

  A                   B

 devoted much of his later life, somewhat surprisingly, to creating

                       C

an idealized future community that never became a reality.  No error

                                           D                   E

The correct answer is A

Explanation: The error in this sentence occurs at choice (A) where there is a word choice error. “Because” is used to introduce clauses that are linked through a cause-and-effect relationship. In this particular sentence, though, the two clauses cannot logically be linked using “because,” since the creator of a cartoon mouse would not logically be asked to create “an idealized future community” just because he created said mouse. As such, this word choice error could best be corrected by changing “because” to a word such as “though” that suggests contrast between the two clauses.