Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

Determine whether the underlined portion of the sentence below is correct or whether it needs to be revised. Choose the correct option.

Study the ancient fighting art of Hapkido and you will learn to avoid directly matching your strength against your opponents.
A . your strength against your opponents.
B . yours against your opponent.
C . your strength against your opponent.
D . your strength with your opponent.
E . your opponent’s strength against one’s own.

Answer: A

Explanation:

“yours against your opponent” doesn’t say what’s being matched with what. “your strength against your opponent”, “your strength with your opponent”, and “your opponent’s strength against one’s own” all have some sort of parallelism error.

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