Choose the alternative that corrects the error in parallelism in the following: "To de-emphasize negative information, you should minimize negative words, state information positively, and sometimes if the negative really isn't important you can eliminate it."
A)You should minimize negative words, state information positively, and, if the negative really isn't important, you can eliminate it.
B)You should minimize negative words, state information positively, and eliminate unimportant negatives.
C)You should minimize negative words, state information positively, and eliminating unimportant negatives can help.
D)You should eliminate negative words, state information positively, and you can eliminate unimportant negatives.

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The original sentence lacks parallelism in the third item in the list. The correction in option B provides parallel structure to the list, making it consistent and grammatically correct.

Choose the Alternative That Corrects the Error in Parallelism in the Following