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Over the past ten years cultivated sunflowers have become a major commercial crop, second only to soybeans as a source of vegetable oil.

    A.second only to soybeans as a source of vegetable oil

    B.second in importance to soybeans only as a source of vegetable oil

    C.being second in importance only to soybeans as a source of vegetable oil

    D.which, as a source of vegetable oil, is only second to soybeans

    E.as a source of vegetable oil only second to soybeans

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The sentence

makes the point that cultivated sunflowers are the second largest source of vegetable oil, soybeans alone being larger. Where only is placed in the sentence greatly affects the sense. A.Correct. The placement of only allows the sentence to correctly express the thought that cultivated sunflowers rank second as a source of vegetable oil, with soybeans alone ranking first. B.The placement of only creates an ambiguity: does it modify soybeans or the phrase as a source of vegetable oil? In the latter case, the sense would be that being a source of vegetable oil is the only respect in which soybeans are more important than sunflower seeds. However, this does not seem to be the intended sense of the given sentence. The phrase in importance is unnecessary and would make the sentence wordy. C.The word being and the phrase in importance are unnecessary and make the sentence wordy. D.The phrase only second to soybeans appears to minimize the importance, initially suggested, of sunflowers’ being second to soybeans as a source of vegetable oil. E.The word only is misplaced, given the intended sense, and it is unclear whether it modifies the phrase as a source of vegetable oil, or the phrase second to soybeans. In either case it fails to capture the sense of the given sentence.

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