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For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada

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For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2018, 14:05
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For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada Life, mainly to former union members and colleagues, the only place he could find work.


A. For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada Life, mainly to former union members and colleagues, the only place he could find work.

B. He ended up selling life insurance for around 15 years for Canada Life, the only place he could find work, selling mainly to former union members and colleagues.

C. For around 15 years for Canada Life, he ended up selling life insurance and sold it mainly to former union members and colleagues, in the only place he could find work.

D. He ended up selling life insurance for around 15 years for Canada Life, mainly selling it to former union members and colleagues, at the only place he could find work.

E. For Canada Life, he ended up selling life insurance for around 15 years, the only place he could find work, to mainly sell to former union members and colleagues.


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Re: For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2018, 23:20
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B. He ended up selling life insurance for around 15 years for Canada Life, the only place he could find work, selling mainly to former union members and colleagues.


The only place he could find work - this is clearly modifying Canada life

selling mainly to former union members and colleagues- this is clearly modifying the Work(what type of work)
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Re: For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2018, 14:25
Need to place the noun modifiers correctly.
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Re: For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2018, 14:10
lostin wrote:
Need to place the noun modifiers correctly.


I inherently went for B but could you please explain the correct placement of modifier here?
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Re: For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada [#permalink] New post   07 Dec 2018, 04:20
For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada Life, mainly to former union members and colleagues, the only place he could find work.



A For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada Life, mainly to former union members and colleagues, the only place he could find work.( Misplaced modifier)
B He ended up selling life insurance for around 15 years for Canada Life, the only place he could find work, selling mainly to former union members and colleagues.(correct)
C For around 15 years for Canada Life, he ended up selling life insurance and sold it mainly to former union members and colleagues, in the only place he could find work.(misplaced modifier)
D He ended up selling life insurance for around 15 years for Canada Life, mainly selling it to former union members and colleagues, at the only place he could find work.(misplaced modifier)
E For Canada Life, he ended up selling life insurance for around 15 years, the only place he could find work, to mainly sell to former union members and colleagues.(misplaced modifier)

Will go with choice B.

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Re: For around 15 years, he ended up selling life insurance for Canada [#permalink] New post   07 Jul 2020, 09:25
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We can take B as the answer with a pinch of salt if we believe that 'Canada Life' is a place rather than a company. What else to do?
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