Explanation
Creating a filter: as we engage the prompt, we zero in on
the pronouns. Pronoun errors, as we have discussed, are common and relatively
easy to spot. However, both instances of "it" in this sentence can uniformly
and sensibly refer to "use." We can skip (A) and come back to it.
Finding objective defects: the word order is awkward in
(B) and the use of "before" imprecise. Moreover, the modifier "especially in
children" is misplaced: in the intended meaning, we don't care where and how
the demonstrating happens; we care that the bad stuff is absent especially in
children. So (B) is out. Choices (C) and (D) and (E) all have a distortion of
meaning, because they all are ambiguous as to whether or not the demonstrating
has already happened. For example, (D) seems to express that the use doesn't
have side effects but won't be recommended. So those three are out.
The correct answer is (A).
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