Question

\cell phones negatively affect children physically, mentally, and with their academics.\ how do you think the sentence should be correctly written? ∘ cell phones negatively affect children physically, mentally, and academically. ∘ cell phones negatively affect children physically, mentally, and in their academics. ∘ cell phones negatively affect children physically, with their mental health, and academically. ∘ cell phones negatively affect children with their physical health, mentally, and academically.

Explanation:

To correct the sentence, we need parallel structure. The original has "physically" (adverb), "mentally" (adverb), and "with their academics" (prepositional phrase), which is inconsistent. The first option uses three adverbs: "physically", "mentally", and "academically", maintaining parallelism. The other options have inconsistent structures (mixing prepositional phrases and adverbs or using non - parallel phrases).

Answer:

A. Cell phones negatively affect children physically, mentally, and academically.