Schliemann determined at the age of seven to find the site of ancient Troy and devoted his subsequent career to do it.
A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end
OA is E. Whats wrong with C?
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"such an end " in C would mean an end similar to finding ancient Troy, but the intended meaning is finding ancient troy is the end itself.
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thank scoobydooby. great explanationscoobydooby wrote:"such an end " in C would mean an end similar to finding ancient Troy, but the intended meaning is finding ancient troy is the end itself.
one question. dose "such an end" requires "end" in the previous part of sentence? Pls, help