sudarshan22
Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost always kills
its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.
(A) its victims unless inoculated
(B) its victims unless they are inoculated
(C) its victims unless inoculation is done
(D) the victims unless there is an inoculation
(E) the victims unless inoculated
Project SC Butler: Day 27: Sentence Correction (SC1)
For SC butler Questions Click HereUsage of UNLESS requires present tense following it.
Example:
Correct: I will not do X UNLESS there IS Y.
Wrong: I will not do X UNLESS there WILL BE Y.
So, Option A and E will be eliminated.
D distorts the meaning
C is changing the meaning in a subtle way. It is saying that the inoculation is to be done. But the original intent is that the victims should be inoculated.
Hence B is correct.
Correct if I am wrong. Thanks.
We hope this finds you well.
We are writing to inform you that although you have correctly identified the best answer choice, your reasoning for eliminating Options A and E is a bit off. The salient issues with both Option A and Option E are also meaning-related. the constructions "rabies...kills its victims unless inoculated" and "rabies...kills the victims unless inoculated" both illogically convey that rabies kills its victims unless
is inoculated; the intended meaning is that rabies kills its victims unless the victims are inoculated, and Option B clearly conveys this meaning. There is no tense error as such in either option.
We hope this helps.