Sentence Correction

59) After suffering the effects of several tsunamis, the residents of a Japanese city built a wall on their coast over forty feet high and a mile long, a way to protect the city against another disaster.
(A) a way to protect
(B) in efforts to protect
(C) protecting
(D) to protect in one way
(E) in order to protect

As per Manhattan, if we have to express the result of a previous clause in the subsequent clause use "ing" form of the verb, but if the subsequent clause shows the motive/intention use infinitive form of the verb.

Isn't E better than C here.

TO or IN ORDER TO should not come after a comma. Its always wrong.

umaa wrote:TO or IN ORDER TO should not come after a comma. Its always wrong.

Hey Uma, I didnt know this funda. You are sure about this logic, right? It will be great if you can provide the source of logics like this.

Thanks.

TO should not come after a comma. Mostly we use TO instead of IN ORDER TO.

I read this TO logic somewhere (I think in MGMAT). Its in my flashcards. Thats all I remember now.