Based on accounts of several witnesses, the prosecuting attorneys formulated a compelling case that, in their opinion, detailed the events of the night in question; the press speculated that a "guilty" verdict was likely.
A. Based on accounts of several witnesses
B. Basing it on several witnesses' accounts
C. With accounts of several witnesses used for a basis
D. By the accounts of several witnesses they used
E. Using accounts of various witnesses
OA is E. Please explain your answers.
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"Using the accounts of various witnesses", sounds to me like the prosecutor used the accounts of the witnesses (such as a bank account ).mike22629 wrote:Modifier Issue,
A is wrong because the prosecuting attorneys are not based on accounts, rather they used the accounts.
E corrects this problem
Is this construction correct?
The prosecuting attorneys formulated a compelling case based on accounts of various witnesses that, in their opinion, detailed the events of the night in question.
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"accounts" here means the testimonies/versions/stories of the witnesses so E is just fineVemuri wrote: "Using the accounts of various witnesses", sounds to me like the prosecutor used the accounts of the witnesses (such as a bank account ).
Is this construction correct?
The prosecuting attorneys formulated a compelling case based on accounts of various witnesses that, in their opinion, detailed the events of the night in question.
your construction is just fine too vemuri