다음 밑줄 친 문장이 문법상 맞으면(A)를 고르고, 밑줄 친 문장이 틀린경우, 선택지(B)~(E)중에 가장 좋은 대안을 고르시오.
By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
(A)By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
(B)By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
(C)By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine, which protects the public.
(D)In order to protect the public, by law a qualified physician only can prescribe medicine.
(E)In order to protect the public, by law only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.
정답 및 해설
정답 (E) [해설] 문장의 선명성은 단어의 배열, 수식어와 피수식어의 위치 선정에 크게 좌우된다. 수식어와 피수식어의 간격을 멀리 떼어놓는 배열은 가급적 피해야 한다. only또한 피수식어 가까이에 위치시켜야 한다.
밑줄친원문에는두가지애매모호함이있다. 첫째, 법에의해(by law) 의사만이약을처방할수있으므로수식어 only의위치는원문의 only prescribe medicine이아니라‘자격을갖춘의사만이’ 약을처방할수있으므로 only는피수식어인a qualified physician 가까이에위치시켜야한다. 둘째, 원문은medicine이피수식어인protecting the public에너무가깝게위치하고있어medicine이대중을보호한다는것을암시하고있다. 문맥상약이아닌법이대중을보호하기위한것이므로원문의두가지애매모호함을고친글은 (E)이다.
[해석] 대중을보호하기위해법률에따라자격을갖춘의사만이약을처방할수있다. [어휘] by law 법으로, 법률적으로prescribe medicine 약을처방하다
[English commentary]
The original sentence contains two ambiguities. First, the placement of the modifier only implies that the only legal action a physician can take is prescribing medicine, when the sentence really means to say that it is only physicians who can prescribe medicine. Second, the placement of the modifier protecting the public so close to medicines implies that the medicine, not the law, is intended to protect the public. Only (E) corrects both of these errors.