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Which option fits best? why?
………….........blood on time, the sick man was saved.
a. Pumping b. To pump c. By pumping d. Pump
Top answer
They all seem odd to me. There is a whiff of a dangling participle in what is perhaps the expected answer, "on time" feels as if it should be "in time", and the phrase "pumping blood" seems strange to me too. Where did this question come from?
- They all seem odd to me.
- There is a whiff of a dangling participle in what is perhaps the expected answer, "on time" feels as if it should be "in time", and the phrase "pumping blood" seems strange to me too.
- Where did this question come from?
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They all seem odd to me. There is a whiff of a dangling participle in what is perhaps the expected answer, "on time" feels as if it should be "in time", and the phrase "pumping blood" seems strange to me too. Where did this question come from?
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