need help on two grammar questions.. please!

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<li>In Ornette Coleman’s band, one instrument after the other was featured so quickly that band members were essentially parts of an ensemble and a soloist</li>
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<p>I put D (a soloist) b/c i thought it should be –> band members were soloists, not A SOLOIST
but the answer is after the other…</p>

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<li>In a world that parents have less and less time to spend with their children, television has too often become a surrogate babysitter.</li>
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<p>I dont know the answer to this question, but it’s not E.</p>

<p>Thank you for all of you willing to help :)</p>

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<p>one after another is an idiom, I think it has to be used specifically.
“instruments featured, one after the other” and “featured one instrument after the other” would have been fine according to dictionary.com
the problem here is “one instrument after the other” was featured… is making “one instrument after the other” into the subject,

  1. In Ornette Coleman’s band, one instrument from every member? was featured so quickly that band members were essentially parts of an ensemble and a soloist
    although I agree soloist is also incorrect, are you getting this from a reliable source?
    no. 2 I’m pretty sure is where instead of that</p>
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<p>THank you so much :)!!!</p>

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<li>“that” is trying to refer to world. This is incorrect, you need which.</li>
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<p>How about after another?</p>

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<p>Since there are several instruments, you would use ‘one after another’. If there were only two instruments, you would use ‘one after the other’. For example:</p>

<p>“The boys got on the bus one after another.” (several/x amount of boys)
vs
“Michael and Pat stepped across the creek, one after the other.” (only two boys)</p>