Sentence rearrangement: order P, Q, and R to complete "It is the right to ___ privacy that protects us from"

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: RQP

Explanation:


Introduction / Context:
This question is another sentence rearrangement task involving three parts P, Q, and R that must be arranged to form a meaningful statement about privacy and the behaviour of doctors. The sentence begins with "It is the right to" and ends with "privacy that protects us from", so we must arrange the fragments to create a logical and grammatically correct middle part.


Given Data / Assumptions:

  • Starter: "It is the right to"
  • P: "who see us at our most vulnerable"
  • Q: "the indiscretions of doctors"
  • R: "privacy that protects us from"
  • The completed sentence should express that the right to privacy protects us from the indiscretions of doctors who see us when we are most vulnerable.


Concept / Approach:
The fragment R contains the key noun "privacy" and the clause "that protects us from", which clearly continues from "the right to". Therefore, R should follow the starter. After R, we expect to see the thing we are protected from, such as "the indiscretions of doctors". Finally, we can add a relative clause that describes which doctors, namely those who see us at our most vulnerable. That gives the natural order R, then Q, then P.


Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Attach R to the starter: "It is the right to privacy that protects us from". This is grammatically sound and expresses a clear idea. Step 2: Decide what we are protected from. Fragment Q reads "the indiscretions of doctors", which is the obvious direct object of "protects us from". Step 3: Attach Q next: "It is the right to privacy that protects us from the indiscretions of doctors". This is already a complete, meaningful clause. Step 4: Now consider P: "who see us at our most vulnerable". This fragment describes "doctors", so it should immediately follow "doctors" as a relative clause. Step 5: Attach P at the end: "It is the right to privacy that protects us from the indiscretions of doctors who see us at our most vulnerable." Step 6: The order used is R followed by Q followed by P, that is RQP.


Verification / Alternative check:
Check if any other order could work. If you start with Q after the starter ("It is the right to the indiscretions of doctors"), the phrase becomes meaningless and grammatically incorrect, because we do not have "the right to the indiscretions". If you put P earlier, you would get phrases like "the indiscretions of doctors who see us" preceding "privacy", which breaks the smooth flow of "the right to privacy that protects us from". The only order that keeps "right to privacy" intact and places the relative clause correctly after "doctors" is RQP.


Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Option A (QRP): leads to "the indiscretions of doctors privacy that protects us from who see us at our most vulnerable", which is ungrammatical and jumbled. Option B (QPR): starts with "the indiscretions of doctors", making it impossible to link back smoothly to "right to". Option C (PRQ): begins with "who see us at our most vulnerable", but there is no noun before it for "who" to relate to, so it cannot be correct.


Common Pitfalls:
Candidates sometimes focus too much on the emotional phrase "at our most vulnerable" and try to place it earlier, but this fragment must logically qualify "doctors". Another common mistake is ignoring the fixed expression "the right to privacy", which should stay intact because it is a well known legal and ethical phrase. Recognising such fixed expressions makes sentence rearrangement much easier.


Final Answer:
The correct order is RQP, forming the sentence, "It is the right to privacy that protects us from the indiscretions of doctors who see us at our most vulnerable."

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