deepaksharma1986 wrote:
bmwhype2 wrote:
For members of the seventeenth century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, protecting warriors against enemy arrows and spears.
Dependent clause, independent clause, participial phrase.
participial phrases are extremely important on the GMAT test. Once I knew what they were, I realized that many questions contain this structure.
Hi, could anyone please explain what
participle phrases/clauses mean? I am not at all clear on that concept. It'll be great if anyone could help on this. Thanks.
Hi deepak,
So participial phrases are basically -ING verb phrases that are separated with a comma (,) from the rest of the sentence.So in this case, "protecting warriors against enemy arrows and spears" is the participial phrase.
What is this phrase describing? Structurally, it is positioned to describe "animal-hide shields."
If you're not sure, you can always flip it and read it like this: "Protecting warriors against enemy arrows, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment."
Ask yourself if this makes sense.
Do "shields" "protect warriors against enemy arrows"? Sure! So you know this makes sense. You can read more of a detailed explanation of this question here:
http://www.gmatpill.com/practice-questi ... orrection/When the order is changed as you said, it sounds way more natural to use "to protect"...
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