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Sentence Correction: Modifier Placement

CAT 1999 Slot 1 · Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension · Medium · Verbal Ability

This is a medium Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension question from the CAT 1999 Slot 1 paper. It tests Verbal Ability. The full answer key and a step-by-step explanation are below — try it yourself first, then reveal the solution.

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In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Choose the best alternative among the four.

If you are in a three-month software design project <u>and, in two weeks, you've put together a program that solves part of the problem</u>, show it to your boss without delay.

  1. A.

    and, you've put together a program that solves part of the problem in two weeks

  2. B.

    and, in two weeks, you've put together a program that solves part of the problem

  3. C.

    and, you've put together a program that has solved part of the problem in two weeks

  4. D.

    and, in two weeks, you put together a program that solved only part of the problem

Answer

B

Explanation

Option B correctly places the temporal modifier 'in two weeks' at the beginning of the clause so it clearly modifies 'put together' without ambiguity.

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