Section: Error Recognition

9) Select the underlined section that contains an error:

Although Myanmar jewelry has its own characteristics, it was influenced by various Indian styles in which individual jewels blend in rather than standing out.

Although
it
in which
standing out

Explanation

There is faulty parallelism here; BLEND IN is a two-word verb, and what follows should be the same structure. The correct answer should be: BLEND IN RATHER THAN STAND OUT.