Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into four parts. One of the parts may have an error of grammar or syntax. Select the part having the error. If no part has an error, select option 5.

  1. Although completely ineffective

  2. as a pain killer,

  3. the scientists concluded that the medicine might

  4. nonetheless have some other uses.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The original sentence contains a dangling modifier. The sentence implies that the scientists themselves were not an effective pain killer. Part (3) has to be rephrased as “the medicine, the scientists concluded, might…”

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