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Ahmed Hope Posted 12 years ago
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An SAT question:
Armed with new tools for the manipulation of genes and proteins....................everything from food poisoning to cancer.
A.Vaccines are devised by scientists for fighting. "Wrong"
B.Scientists are devising vaccines to fight. "Correct"
Why is "A" wrong?
Doesn't it make more sense to say "vaccines" are armed rather than "scientists are armed" A dangling modifier
Thank you
Armed with new tools for the manipulation of genes and proteins....................everything from food poisoning to cancer.
A.Vaccines are devised by scientists for fighting. "Wrong"
B.Scientists are devising vaccines to fight. "Correct"
Why is "A" wrong?
Doesn't it make more sense to say "vaccines" are armed rather than "scientists are armed" A dangling modifier
Thank you
Top answer
Ahmed Hope Doesn't it make more sense to say "vaccines" are armed rather than "scientists are armed" No, the opposite. The scientists are armed with tools for manipulation, not the vaccines.
- Ahmed Hope Doesn't it make more sense to say "vaccines" are armed rather than "scientists are armed" No, the opposite.
- The scientists are armed with tools for manipulation, not the vaccines.
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Ahmed HopeDoesn't it make more sense to say "vaccines" are armed rather than "scientists are armed"No, the opposite. The scientists are armed with tools for manipulation, not the vaccines.
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