ankitapugalia wrote:
egmat wrote:
CristianJuarez wrote:
Hi
mikemcgarryCould you please explain me the modifier in choice D? conditions and,
using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, decide
Why can we say with certainty that it modifies executives? In this case, the ING modifier is not showing a result of a previous clause and is not touching executives (as when we say something like: "using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, executives blah blah blah").
Regards,
Cristián
Hello Cristián
CristianJuarez,
I will be glad to help you out with this this one.
The modifier
using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses actually modifies the action
decide that appears after this modifier.
How do the executives decide on a strategy? They do so by
using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses.
The modifier
using the set... also makes sense with the doer of the modified action
decide -
executives.
The context and the structure of the sentence are such that the meaning conveyed by Choice D is clear.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha
Hi
egmat KarishmaB, with using as an -ing modifier, isn't it necessary to have the subject, who is doing the action of using, after using given the rule that -ing modifier must be succeded by a subject when -ing modifier is used in the beginning of the sentence . Can you please help me understand this?
The model suggests that executives examine a firm’s external environment and internal conditions and, using the set of objective criteria derived from these analyses, decide on a strategy.
The 'that clause' has a parallel structure - executives examine ... and ... decide...
The actions of examine and decide are in parallel.
Let's break down the 'that clause' into two
executives
- examine ... and,
- using ..., {executives} decide...
(we skip writing 'executives' here because it is COMMON to both 'examine' and 'decide'. It is clear that 'executive' are the ones 'using.'