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dongkim2
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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
Source: Kaplan GMAT 800 2008-2009 Edition page 184
[spoiler] I thought "a way to protect" modifies the preceding clause more clearly than "protecting" does. Please explain why that is not the case. Thanks![/spoiler]
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
Source: Kaplan GMAT 800 2008-2009 Edition page 184
[spoiler] I thought "a way to protect" modifies the preceding clause more clearly than "protecting" does. Please explain why that is not the case. Thanks![/spoiler]
