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Sentence rearrangement (PQRS) — Compose a clinic/healthcare sentence about people of all professions visiting for treatment: choose the correct order to form a smooth, natural sentence.

Difficulty: Medium

Correct Answer: RQSP

Explanation:


Given data

  • Starter: 'People'
  • R: of all professions
  • Q: went to him
  • S: for medicine and treatment
  • P: at his dispensary


Concept/Approach
After the head noun, place the restrictive prepositional phrase (R), then the past action (Q), followed by purpose (S), and finally the location (P).


Step-by-step reconstruction
1) R → qualifies 'People'.2) Q → verb phrase 'went to him'.3) S → purpose 'for medicine and treatment'.4) P → location 'at his dispensary'.Sequence: RQSP.


Verification
Full sentence: 'People of all professions went to him for medicine and treatment at his dispensary.'


Common pitfalls
Putting P before S results in an awkward order of adverbials; starting with Q omits a needed qualification of 'People'.


Final Answer
Correct order: RQSP.

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