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Many medical schools are now offering courses in the ethics of treating terminal patients, partly to alert students about the legal implications involved in such treatment,  but primarily to prepare students, through discussion and forethought, to make responsible decisions that respect terminal patients’ dignity .

(A) but primarily to prepare students, through discussion and forethought, to make responsible decisions that respect terminal patients’ dignity

(B) but primarily so as to prepare students, by discussing and by thinking ahead, for responsible decision-making that respects terminal patients’ dignity

(C) but primarily for the purpose of preparing them, with discussion and forethought, to make responsible decisions that respect terminal patients’ dignity

(D) but primarily for preparing them, through discussion and forethought, for deciding responsibly so that they respect terminal patients’ dignity

(E) but primarily to prepare them, by discussing and thinking ahead, to responsibly decide so as to respect the dignity of terminal patients

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HarshaBujji · Answer

IMO A,

Partly to, Primarily to should be parallel.

Hence B, C, D can be eliminated due to parallelism.

Between A and E,

E has pronoun reference error.

Them refers to whom, Students or Patients.

So IMO A.

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vijvij · Answer

IMO, the answer is A.

Options B, C, and D can be eliminated because parallelism is not maintained in these options - it says "partly to alert", therefore anything other than "but primarily to prepare" is incorrect.

This leaves us with options A and E. Option E can be eliminated because it mentions "so as to", which is an incorrect idiom.

Bunuel · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

A.

In (A),“but”connects two similar phrases:“To alert . . . ” and “to prepare.” In(B), “so as to prepare,” (C), “for the purpose of preparing,” and (D),“for prepar- ing” break this parallel construction. (E) has “to pre- pare,” but the pronoun “them” is ambiguous, and “so as to” is too wordy.

DrHuber · Answer

I would choose option (A) as the most appropriate choice.

The sentence is emphasizing the primary purpose of offering courses in the ethics of treating terminal patients, which is to prepare students to make responsible decisions that respect terminal patients' dignity. Option (A) accurately conveys this meaning by connecting the two phrases via the conjunction of coordination “but.”

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