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by paes » Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:09 pm
17. A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify about proper medical procedures.
(A) if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify
(B) unless there will be another doctor to testify
(C) without another doctor's testimony
(D) should there be no testimony from some other doctor
(E) lacking another doctor to testify

[spoiler]OA later.
I am confuse between A and C[/spoiler]
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by 786 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:08 pm
(A) if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify
wordy
(B) unless there will be another doctor to testify
you should not use future tense in if clause , remember unless = if not
(C) without another doctor's testimony
correct and concise .
(D) should there be no testimony from some other doctor
wordy
(E) lacking another doctor to testify
awkward
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by Domnu » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:18 pm
"lack of some other doctor" is awkward to say... it's supposed to be, if there "isn't" another doctor to testify.
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by paes » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:42 pm
OA C

A can be wordy but grammatically correct.

C is also grammatically correct but don't you think that C is changing the meaning of the sentence.

The other issue with C is :

it is not clear that 'without' is referring to damage or patient
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:59 am
A is wordy but C is concise hence correct
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by paes » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:05 am
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:A is wordy but C is concise hence correct
You have not answered my queries, just above the post.
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