Criminal or delinquent behaviour

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Criminal or delinquent behaviour

by SmarpanGamt » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:37 am
Q79 Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy,
(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food,
(C) in attributing behavior that is criminal or delinquent to an allergy to some food,
(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,
(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior,

Please explain the participle phrase " attributing......allergy." . modifies Defense attorney or perpetrators. If it modifies perpetrators, does this means that participles only modify following object/ subject and not the preceding one.
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by GMATMadeEasy » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:02 am
No, do not conclude this way I would say .

Loo at the structure of the sentence, "in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy," is written in a way so that it modifes perpetrators . However, the modifying phrase should logically modify attorneys.

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