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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:40 am
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

OA C Can you please explain the options and the key take away ? Why is E wrong ?
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by aspirant2011 » Fri Aug 12, 2011 9:08 am
chaitanya.mehrotra wrote: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

OA C Can you please explain the options and the key take away ? Why is E wrong ?
E is wrong because in order to is apt where it can be replaced logically with due to........
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