(1) In 1910, the United States government almost started a hippo ranching industry in the
Mississippi River Delta. (2) At the time, the country was struggling with a different
invasive species-water hyacinth-and with a meat shortage, which the newly imported
"Lake Bacon" was expected to alleviate. (3) Now, of course, the idea of using one invasive
species to combat another sounds risky at best. (4) It's likely that the hippos would have
spread throughout the Southeast in a matter of years, where these aggressive animals
would have made using lakes and rivers hazardous.
Which sentence contains an error in its construction and should be revised?
sentence 1
F. sentence 2
G. sentence 3
H. sentence 4