Abhishek009 wrote:
WaterFlowsUp wrote:
Ancient stone pieces discovered at the Asforby site in England, an example of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe, includes flint cores used for weapon creation, blades, flakes and 'debitage' (small chips from tool-working).
A) England, an example of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe, includes
B)England are an example of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe, including
C)England, examples of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe, include
D)England are examples of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe and including
E)England are examples of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe, including.
Ancient stone pieces discovered at the Asforby site in England
, examples of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe, include flint cores used for weapon creation, blades, flakes and 'debitage' (small chips from tool-working).
Only (C) has correct Subject Verb agreement.Hello
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i deconstructed the statment as follows:
official veritas solution - The error in (E) is subtle but can be discovered with a careful decision point analysis. The placement of the participial phrase “including….” at the end of the sentence
creates nonsensical and ambiguous meaning. Those items listed after “including” are examples of the stone pieces found at the site; they are not a subset of the earliest
known tools. Because this participial modifier is at the end of the sentence, it is improperly linking those examples to the earliest known tools not the stone pieces at
the beginning of the sentence. Correct answer is (C).
Ancient stone pieces discovered at the Asforby site in England are examples of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe, including
flint cores used for weapon creation, blades, flakes and 'debitage' (small chips from tool-working).
Ancient stone pieces - are examples of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe - MC
discovered at the Asforby site in England - modifier
, including flint cores used for weapon creation, blades, flakes and 'debitage' (small chips from tool-working). - modifier
comma + verb-ing modifer either gives result of action of subject and verb OR (as in this case) gives extra information about the preceding MC (sub + verb)
Thus, i think we get from option E -
Ancient stone pieces - include flint cores..., blades, flakes...
WHAT i don't understand is WHY everyone (including official Veritas solution) is saying that "flint, blades..." after include are modifying tools
as phrase "...of the earliest known tools made in prehistoric Europe" is a prepositional phrase. So we would remove it while decryping the meaning of the sentence.
I hope i am able to convey my question/difficulty properly.
Grateful for any help in explaining this difficulty.
Thanks