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After determining that the young woman was a match for the victim's blood type,
the donor's delicate organs and their soft tissues were protected and extracted by the surgeon.
A. the donor's delicate organs and their soft tissues were protected and extracted by the surgeon
B. the surgeon extracted the donor's delicate organs and also protected their soft tissues
C. the surgeon protected the soft tissues of the donor's delicate organs , extracting them
D. the donor's delicate organs were extracted by the surgeon, protecting their soft tissues
E. the surgeon extracted the donor's delicate organs, protecting their soft tissues
Choice A: This answer choice suffers from a modifier error; the first clause incorrectly refers to "delicate organs", implying that the organs determined that the young woman's and victim's blood types matched. As this implication is clearly illogical, this answer choice is incorrect.
Choice B: This answer choice suffers from a redundancy error, due to the use of the phrase "and also"; the word "also" need not be included in this phrase, as "and" is sufficient conjunction on its own. This answer choice also alters the meaning of the sentence, slightly, by separating the act of protecting the donor's organ's "soft tissues" into an action independent of the extraction. The intended meaning is that the surgeon extracted the organs, and in doing so protected the soft tissues. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Choice C: This answer choice suffers from an error of meaning; by reversing the order of the verbs, this answer choice modifies the phrase "the surgeon protected..." with the phrase "extracting them" to imply that in protecting the soft tissues, the surgeon extracted them. Additionally, it is not clear whether the pronoun "them" refers to "tissues" or "organs". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Choice D: This answer choice suffers from the same modifier error found in Option A. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.
Choice E: This answer choice conveys the intended meaning of the sentence, avoids redundancy, and maintains proper pronoun use. Thus, this answer choice is correct.
Hence, E is the best answer choice.To understand the concept of "Avoiding Pronoun Ambiguity on GMAT", you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):
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