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My 2 cents.
Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect patients
by reducing the grueling hours worked by medical residents,
twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that
all twelve consistently break the laws,
many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that
more than half the surgical residents work
more than 95 hours a week.

A) twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
>>[Finding is wrong here as it is modifying incorrect sub "12 hospitals", "finding that and that" makes the 2 items in list whereas there total 3.]
B) an investigation by state medical officials of twelve hospitals have found all twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
>>[an investigation is sing hence have is incorrect; Whats the purpose of "that" here?]
C) an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials has found that all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work.
[Hold on to it.Presenting all the 3 items in list previous error seems to be fixed.]
D) twelve hospitals were investigated by state medical officials who found all twelve breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and more than half the surgical residents work
>>[What is "with" doing here ? With 800 score in real exam, he topped the list. Above usage of with falls in same line.It explains how Official found hospitals breaking the law. Also ||sm seems to be missing between working & work]
E) an investigation by state medical officials has found that, of twelve hospitals, all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
>>[found that .. , that many comes as a list but where is "and". Again usage of with is not correct here.]

Hi In option E, can the clause starting with "with" act additional information to the previous clause, I have always struggled in understanding if it is a nested parallel structure of a series parallel construction
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Almost a decade after New York State passed laws to protect patients by reducing the grueling hours worked by medical residents, twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work more than 95 hours a week.

A. twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work

B. an investigation by state medical officials of twelve hospitals have found all twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working

C. an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials has found that all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work

D. twelve hospitals were investigated by state medical officials who found all twelve breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and more than half the surgical residents work

E. an investigation by state medical officials has found that, of twelve hospitals, all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working

This question is based mostly on Parallelism.

Option A: twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials, finding
The participle modifier beginning with ‘finding’ at the end of the option conveys the meaning that the twelve hospitals have found that all twelve break laws etc. But the intended meaning is that an investigation has made this finding.
Option A also lacks parallelism – there are three findings - that all twelve consistently break the laws, many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work – the relative pronoun ‘that’ has been applied to two of the findings but left out in the middle. So, Option A can be ruled out.

Option B: have found all twelve consistently breaking the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
This option clearly lacks parallelism. The list at the end of the option is of the three findings of the investigation. The three findings should be structured similarly. So, Option B can also be eliminated.

Option C: has found that all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, and that more than half the surgical residents work
The three findings are structured in a parallel manner. The first part of Option C also makes it clear that twelve hospitals have been investigated by state medical officials.
Since this option is clear and maintains parallelism, it is the most appropriate option.

Option D: who found all twelve breaking the laws, with many residents working longer than 24 hours straight, and more than half the surgical residents work
This option lacks parallelism because each of the three findings is structured differently. So, Option D can also be eliminated.

Option E: of twelve hospitals, all twelve consistently break the laws, that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight, with more than half the surgical residents working
This option has a redundant expression – “of twelve hospitals, all twelve”. The option also lacks parallelism, with each finding structured differently. So, Option E can also be eliminated.

Therefore, C is the best option.

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Hello Experts,

Can someone please explain, why the sentence is not "Cause and effect" ?
isn't "that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight" is an effect of "breaking the law" ? So I thought it should have -ing form.
Please suggest.

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Hello Experts,

Can someone please explain, why the sentence is not "Cause and effect" ?
isn't "that many residents work longer than 24 hours straight" is an effect of "breaking the law" ? So I thought it should have -ing form.
Please suggest.

Regards,
Ashwin
If anything, isn't this the other way round?

"Many residents work longer than 24 hours straight" is the cause and the effect is that they break the law?
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Hi Madam,

I found all the options wrong while attempting this question. In option C, "an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials", BY STATE MEDICAL OFFICERS seems to modify hospitals instead of investigation. Isn't it a misplaced modifier error?
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KarishmaB

Hi Madam,

I found all the options wrong while attempting this question. In option C, "an investigation of twelve hospitals by state medical officials", BY STATE MEDICAL OFFICERS seems to modify hospitals instead of investigation. Isn't it a misplaced modifier error?

No, there is no modifier error here. The prepositional modifier will need to appear one after the other when modifying the same noun. A modifier can jump the prepositional phrase when the noun and the prepositional phrase combine to form a single unit, so to say.

The book on tigers by Valmik Thapar is very interesting.

'by Valmik Thapar' is certainly modifying the book here. We are talking about 'the book on tigers.'
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