nightwing79
By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
A. By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
B. By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
C. By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine which protects the public.
D. In order to protect the public, by law a qualified physician only can prescribe medicine.
E. In order to protect the public, by law only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.
The question for the point of difference in the answer choice is who is protecting the public.
A is wrong because the position of 'only' suggests that a qualified physician can --- only prescribe medicine ----, protecting the public
The meaning is a qualified physician cannot do other things other than prescribing medicine. In addition, prescribing medication = protecting the public.
B 'protecting the public' modifies the clause 'only a qualified physician can prescribe'
C which modifier is wrong.
D wrong for same reason as A -- 'only'
E In order to protect the public -> modifies by law... and the rest is correctly sound.