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I agree with egmat that E doesn't really change the intended meaning, but rather adds a needed element. However, I don't believe there's any evidence for the idea that we should use A as our guide to the intended meaning. Of course we need to read the entire sentence, but if the meaning of A is off, then it must be changed! I think a clearer way to look at SC is that we may need to look at all the answer choices to get a clear sense of the author's intended meaning. The way I see it, some struggling writer showed me 5 attempts that they made at creating a sentence, and I'm trying to select the one that conveys clearly what that writer seems to have been trying to say.
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Hey DmitryFarber, thank you for taking out the time to explain this.

I agree with answer choice E. I meant that we shouldn't eliminate an answer choice just because that adds an element or information (I think few folks eliminated choice E for this reason; they mentioned in the thread above). I will definitely try the struggling writer approach. I think it will make the finding the intended meaning easy and more interesting :cool:.
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I agree with egmat that E doesn't really change the intended meaning, but rather adds a needed element. However, I don't believe there's any evidence for the idea that we should use A as our guide to the intended meaning. Of course we need to read the entire sentence, but if the meaning of A is off, then it must be changed! I think a clearer way to look at SC is that we may need to look at all the answer choices to get a clear sense of the author's intended meaning. The way I see it, some struggling writer showed me 5 attempts that they made at creating a sentence, and I'm trying to select the one that conveys clearly what that writer seems to have been trying to say.

Hey DmitryFarber, thank you for taking out the time to explain this.

I agree with answer choice E. I meant that we shouldn't eliminate an answer choice just because that adds an element or information (I think few folks eliminated choice E for this reason; they mentioned in the thread above). I will definitely try the struggling writer approach. I think it will make the finding the intended meaning easy and more interesting :cool:.
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I hope the approach helps. Let me know how it goes! :)
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Not able to get the issue with option c here.
(C) Detecting fetal heartbeats by the twelfth week of pregnancy, a physician can use a Doppler ultrasound device.

order is incorrect. What else?
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Not able to get the issue with option c here.
(C) Detecting fetal heartbeats by the twelfth week of pregnancy, a physician can use a Doppler ultrasound device.

order is incorrect. What else?
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Hey TBT

That's it. The modifiers have been jumbled up. A physician detects fetal heartbeats by using a Doppler ultrasound device. A physician does not use a Doppler ultrasound device by detecting fetal heartbeats.


As simple as that.


Hope this helps.

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Not able to get the issue with option c here.
(C) Detecting fetal heartbeats by the twelfth week of pregnancy, a physician can use a Doppler ultrasound device.

order is incorrect. What else?
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Hello TBT,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the construction of the phrase "a physician can use a Doppler ultrasound device" and its modification by the present participle ("verb+ing") phrase "Detecting fetal heartbeats by the twelfth week of pregnancy" illogically implies that it is possible for a physician to use a Doppler ultrasound device by detecting the heartbeats as described; the intended meaning is the inverse - that it is possible for a physician to detect the heartbeats as described by using a Doppler ultrasound device.

We hope this helps.
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