If you are in a three-month software design project and, in two weeks, you’ve put together a program that solves part of the problem, show it to your boss without delay.
Explanation:
(b) is the correct answer choice. The question tests you for the correct positioning of the adverbial phrase ‘in two weeks.’ Since this phrase relates to ‘putting together a programme,’ it should be positioned closest to the verb phrase it modifies. The possible positions are examined below: (i) ‘You’ve put together (in two weeks) a programme ...’ [Incorrect. Adverb cannot come between the verb and its object.] (ii) ‘You’ve put together a programme (in two weeks) that solves ...’ [Incorrect. Here the adverb cannot separate the noun ‘program’ and the relative pronoun. ‘that’, which modifies it.] (iii) ‘(in two weeks) you’ve put together a programme ...’ [Correct. The adverbial phrase is close to the verb it modifies and is not intrusive in this position.] In (a) and (c), the intended meaning changes. It appears that ‘the problem is solved in two weeks,’ rather than ‘the programme being put together in two weeks’. (d) in incorrect as the adverbial phrase ‘in two weeks’ should be cordoned off by two commas, and introduction of “only” changes the meaning.
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