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by Vemuri » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:32 am
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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by mike22629 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:41 am
Modifier Issue,

A is wrong because the prosecuting attorneys are not based on accounts, rather they used the accounts.

E corrects this problem
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by Vemuri » Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:56 am
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
"Using the accounts of various witnesses", sounds to me like the prosecutor used the accounts of the witnesses (such as a bank account :P ).

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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by kartik1979 » Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:52 am
There are only 2 Ans choices which are posiible

that is C AND E , others have modifier erors

in this we choose lesser of the two evils

E is more simple and to the point hence E

I think there is a question in og 11 with similar structure
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by scoobydooby » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:56 pm
Vemuri wrote: "Using the accounts of various witnesses", sounds to me like the prosecutor used the accounts of the witnesses (such as a bank account :P ).

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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.
"accounts" here means the testimonies/versions/stories of the witnesses so E is just fine :)

your construction is just fine too vemuri :)
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