Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their client

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Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients’ misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior

OA B
What is wrong with the original statement ?

sanjaylakhani · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:54 am Post subject:

Can somebody pls enlighten as to why A is worng choice...

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food

Allergry to some food as in B is too wordy

Pls do help

sashwarya · Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

Hi,
Is D the correct answer choice?

barron · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 2:04 am Post subject:

A should be correct

Pls check the answer again

netigen · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject:

A is wrong because "in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy" seems to be modifying the perpetrators while it should modify the defense attorneys.

s_raizada · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject:

A,C,E - Modification error: the phrase In attributing X to Y is modifying perpetrators whereas it should modify attroneys because they are the ones who are attributing deliquint behaviour to food allergy.

B - wordy becasue instead of saying 'an allergy to some food', we can simply say 'food allergy'

D - is correct

netigen · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject:

B is correct

D is incorrect because "attributed" and "cause of" are redundant.