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by thephoenix » Tue May 11, 2010 10:46 pm
By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
(A) By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
(B) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
(C) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine which protects the public.
(D) In order to protect the public, by law a qualified physician only can prescribe medicine.
(E) In order to protect the public, by law only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.

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by prosaicblabber » Tue May 11, 2010 10:52 pm
IMO (E)
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by thephoenix » Tue May 11, 2010 10:52 pm
prosaicblabber wrote:IMO (E)
why so
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working
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by prosaicblabber » Tue May 11, 2010 10:59 pm
(A) misplaced modifier (physician can only prescibe medicine )
(C) misplaced modifier (physician not the medicine protects the public)
(D) awkward as only can is placed after physician

now b/w B and E .
E seems to have parallel construction
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Wed May 12, 2010 12:18 am
answer must be E

here we need correct placement of modifier

in order to protect the public is modifier for law is rightly placed not like in a,b,c and out of D and E placement of only is correct in E.
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