windofchange wrote:
voodoochild wrote:
First Question -
1. I am not able to understand "Verb Modifier". I do know that it should modify verbs but apart from that it gets very confusing to me. As in this example, in SC guide,
[*]Based on the recent decline in enrollment, the admissions office decided to reevaluate its recruitment strategies.
According to the explanation this is a noun modifier and it has to be replaced with a verb modifier. But I do not understand the replacement, "Because of the recent decline in enrollment".
Actually, I don't understand clearly what you are asking.
Do you know why [*] is wrong? Do you understand the explanation in the book?
Because of the recent decline in enrollment, the admissions office decided to reevaluate its recruitment strategies. [**}
This is a cause-effect structure. The cause is "the recent decline in enrollment", the effect is " the admissions office decided to reevaluate its recruitment strategies". So, [**] is a way to express the cause and effect.
The structure "because of + noun/V-ing" is used to expressed the cause. If you eliminate "OF", then a clause should follow "Because".
i.e. Because there was a recent decline in enrollment, the admission office.....
However, this sentence is wordy. The [**] is better.
voodoochild wrote:
Second question: -
I am referring to
manhattan GMAT SC Series - Chap 12 / Pg 229.
After the agreement surfaced, the commission dissolved it.
Now, I will ask the question, "What happened after the agreement surfaced"? I would say the answer is the verb "dissolve"??? HEnce, the modifier is not a noun modifier but a verb modifier. Given that, commission shouldn't be placed after comma.
I don't know what you mean here
My bad. I should have given you the full context.
#1 - "Based on....," is a noun modifier because you can ask question "What was based on " The answer is "decision". Hence, "decision" should follow the comma.
Secondly, "Becuase of ...." is a verb modifier because we would ask a question "what happened because of ..." The answer is "a decision was taken". In this form, there is no requirement on the placement of the modifier. However, we are missing the subject and hence, we need committee right after the comma. i.e. "because of ...., committee...."
#2 - "After the agreement surfaced, the commission dissolved it.:" is again a verb modifier because you will ask, "what happened after the ...". The answer is "dissolved". However, i am not sure why "commission" should be placed after the comma. Is it because we are missing subject in the modifier? Not sure. Please help
Thanks
Voodoo Child
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24 Mar 2011, 20:23
