arorag wrote:
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,
findingThe 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 workThis 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.Jayanthi Kumar.
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