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The fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May, which renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States. A. which renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States. B. an event that renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States. C. and renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States. D. renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States. E. renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States. I couldn't eliminate (B). Can anyone explain why (B) is incorrect? Many thanks.
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supratim7 wrote: The fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May, which renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
A. which renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
B. an event that renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
C. and renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
D. renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
E. renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
I couldn't eliminate (B). Can anyone explain why (B) is incorrect?
Many thanks. Nice question. Only B and E are grammatically correct and show the necessary cause-effect relationship. The error in B is that its not clear what "an event" refers to: is it being caught off guard or the unexpected drop. E implies the same meaning but without any ambiguity. Regards.
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Thank you Marcab!! very tricky indeed 
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Hi Marcab,
The fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May, which renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
E. renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
I am not too convinced that this is the correct answer.
Can you please explain how it can be correct?
You can't say
The fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May, renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
because it won't be correct to swap the phrases and say
Renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States, the fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May
I thought if you use a comma + "ing", you should be able to swap the sentences and they should still make sense.
Wouldn't the correct answer be The fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
- without the comma before renewing????
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gmatprep1982 wrote: Hi Marcab,
The fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May, which renewed concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
E. renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
I am not too convinced that this is the correct answer.
Can you please explain how it can be correct?
You can't say
The fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May, renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
because it won't be correct to swap the phrases and say
Renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States, the fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May
I thought if you use a comma + "ing", you should be able to swap the sentences and they should still make sense.
Wouldn't the correct answer be The fragile markets were caught off-guard Friday by an unexpected drop in retail sales for May renewing concerns about the pace of the recovery in the United States.
- without the comma before renewing????
Thanks Hii The meaning of {clause + ",", "verbing"} is different from {clause + "verbing"}. In the former case, the verbing modifier modifies the entire clause whereas in the latter case the verbing modifier modifies just the last word of the preceding clause. Hope that helps.
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