1000 SC #133

[gter]

133. As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s, so that they could learn to fall without being hurt.
(A) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s
(B) As part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling
(C) Young polio victims learning to live during the 1950s with their disabilities were helped to practice falling as part of their therapy
(D) Young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s as part of their therapy
(E) During the 1950s, as part of their therapy, young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling

Can someone please tell me why the answer is E instead of D? Thanks.

[AB]

Hi

This is the question of changing the place of the prepositional phrase in a sentence.

Young polio victims learning to live with their disabilities were helped to practice falling during the 1950s as part of their therapy

In this sentence it seems to modify "falling", as a result the meaning of the sentence changes.

Whereas in Choice E it correctly modifies "Young polio victims", making the sentence more clear and concise.

Thanks,

Aishwary

[RonPurewal]

Yeah.

More to the point, choice D implies that falling during the 1950s (and not necessarily falling during other decades!) is subsumed within the patients' therapy. This is clearly not what is meant.