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by punitkaur » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:29 am
Schliemann determined at the age of seven to find the site of ancient Troy and devoted his subsequent career to do it.

A. devoted his subsequent career to do it
B. has devoted his subsequent career to do that
C. devoted his subsequent career to such an end
D. has devoted his subsequent career for that
E. devoted his subsequent career to that end

OA is E. Whats wrong with C?
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by scoobydooby » Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:24 pm
"such an end " in C would mean an end similar to finding ancient Troy, but the intended meaning is finding ancient troy is the end itself.
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by punitkaur » Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:57 am
Now it makes sense:) Thanks
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by tanviet » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:10 am
scoobydooby wrote:"such an end " in C would mean an end similar to finding ancient Troy, but the intended meaning is finding ancient troy is the end itself.
thank scoobydooby. great explanation

one question. dose "such an end" requires "end" in the previous part of sentence? Pls, help
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