Q8 GRAMMAR

A part of sentence given below has been underlined. You have to Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.

Bacon believes that the medical profession should be permitted to ease and quicken death where the end would otherwise only delay for a few days and at the cost of great pain.

The question tests you for the correct use of passive voice and the positioning of adverbs.

First, ‘end’ cannot be the doer of the action: ‘would delay,’ but it should correctly be at the receiving end: ‘would be delayed (passive voice).’

Second, both the adverbs ‘otherwise’and ‘only’ are required for the intended meaning to emerge clearly.

Third, these adverbs should be positioned closest to the verb they modify. What better place than to be sandwiched between the auxiliary verb and the main verb: ‘Would be otherwise only delayed.’

The correct option is D.

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