17. A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify about proper medical procedures.
(A) if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify
(B) unless there will be another doctor to testify
(C) without another doctors testimony
(D) should there be no testimony from some other doctor
(E) lacking another doctor to testify
Solution:
Idioms + tenses + wordiness
A can be eliminated because of use of if. (There is no if then flow here).
B is wrong because of use of will be.
D is wordy.
E is awkward.
C is the best choice
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(A) if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify
(B) unless there will be another doctor to testify
(C) without another doctors testimony
(D) should there be no testimony from some other doctor
(E) lacking another doctor to testify
Solution:
Idioms + tenses + wordiness
A can be eliminated because of use of if. (There is no if then flow here).
B is wrong because of use of will be.
D is wordy.
E is awkward.
C is the best choice
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution: