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Defense attorneyshave ocassionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or deliquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

A. in attributing criminal or deliquent behavior to some food allergy
B. if criminal or deliquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food
C. in attributing behavior tht is criminal or deliquent toan allergy to some food
D. if some food allergy is attributed as the casue of criminal or deliquent behavior
E. in attributing a food allergy as the casueof criminal or deliquent behavior!

I couldnt understand the OE. Pls explain ur choice! Thanks!



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A, C, E are out because the perps aren't doing the attributing. Going with D, proper modification. I remember this question. tough one..
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I vote for B.

It's the right modification.
IT's not the perpetrators who are doing the attributing, it's the
attorneys.
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Ok, this has not much to do with modification or anything...

first of all we need IF here cause the stem is conveying a hypothetical or what call an opinion...so we need if here...the second thing which is tested here is the IDIOM Attribuited X TO Y....

based on this reason A< C< D< E are out...B it is...

OA is B..
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what's wrong with D?
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The following sentence is a passive voice.

(D) Some food allergy is attributed as the casue of criminal or deliquent behavior (by people)

If we change the passive voice into an active one, it will look like this;

(D') People attribute some food allergy as the cause of criminal or deliquent behavior.


Here, the correct usage of attribute is "attribute A to B", not "attribute A as B".


(Hope my explanation is not wrong)
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Defense attorneyshave ocassionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or deliquent behavior to some food allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

A. in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy
criminals do not do the attributing, the lawyers do it. There is a misplaced modifier here.

B. if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food

C.in attributing behavior tht is criminal or deliquent toan allergy to some food

D. if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior
Attributed as is wrong.

E. in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior
same as A
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I think this question is particularly hard because it has 2 forms of the "same" idiom. attribute X to Y and X is attributed to Y. Both are correct.
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my only question is why do we use if? what part of the stem suggests that we should use if?



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