clipea12
It seems likely that the jurors' decision to acquit the defendant
may have been a result of the multiple contradictory statements by the prosecution's four witnesses.A) may have been a result of the multiple contradictory statements by the prosecution's four witnesses
B) may have been a result of contradictory statements between the prosecution and its witnesses
C) resulted because of the four contradictory statements by the prosecution's multiple witnesses
D) resulted from multiple statements contradicting the prosecution's witnesses
E) resulted from multiple contradictory statements by the prosecution's four witnesses
hi
clipea12,
the question tests us on following issues..
1) redundancy : may and likely should not be used together.. likely itself means "may"..
2) correct idiom as mentioned above is "x resulted from y"
3) change in original meaning..
lets look at the choices..
A) may have been a result of the multiple contradictory statements by the prosecution's four witnesses
redundancy... point (1)B) may have been a result of contradictory statements between the prosecution and its witnesses
same as A along with change in meaningC) resulted because of the four contradictory statements by the prosecution's multiple witnesses
wrong idiom...(2)D) resulted from multiple statements contradicting the prosecution's witnesses
everything correct but change in meaning.. number of witness 4 missingE) resulted from multiple contradictory statements by the prosecution's four witnesses
correct...