Why both cannot be used ?

“Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.
A. Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work both Rooted
B. Thelonious Monk, the jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work that was rooted both
C. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, who produced a body of work rooted
D. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was rooted
E. Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work rooted both”

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“both X and Y” requires perfect parallelism between X and Y. If X and Y are not perfectly parallel, then that option is incorrect.

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Over here, what is the error in using both.

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both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke Ellington” — the structures are not parallel.

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