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A similar type of construction can be found in every Romance 02 Nov 2016, 08:17
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"Each having" incorrectly modifies "A similar type of construction".

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Not convinced - 'each' begins an appositive phrase (noun modifier) modifying 'every romance language' - the having phrase very well modifies that 'each'
I would have conceded your point if it had been just :-
having a consistent order of impersonal pronoun, indefinite pronoun, and verb
Because then that having phrase would have modified either of the subject or the object, giving rise to an ambiguity.

Either this question is faulty or I am missing something else.
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hello, can anyone explain to me why we cant use "all" instead of "each" in this question? plz
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"Each" refers to "every Romance language", which is singular. Therefore "each" is required, rather than "all".

Nonetheless, even if the sentence were "A similar type of construction can be found in all Romance languages", then as well "each" would be better (as a subgroup modifier) because the implied meaning is that each language individually has a consistent order, not that all languages collectively have consistent orders.
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hello, can anyone explain to me why we cant use "all" instead of "each" in this question? plz

"Each" refers to "every Romance language", which is singular. Therefore "each" is required, rather than "all".


Nonetheless, even if the sentence were "A similar type of construction can be found in all Romance languages", then as well "each" would be better (as a subgroup modifier) because the implied meaning is that each language individually has a consistent order, not that all languages collectively have consistent orders.
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Can you elucidate how option C can be rightly eliminated here?

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hello, can anyone explain to me why we cant use "all" instead of "each" in this question? plz

"Each" refers to "every Romance language", which is singular. Therefore "each" is required, rather than "all".


Nonetheless, even if the sentence were "A similar type of construction can be found in all Romance languages", then as well "each" would be better (as a subgroup modifier) because the implied meaning is that each language individually has a consistent order, not that all languages collectively have consistent orders.

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Hi sayantanc2k,

Can you elucidate how option C can be rightly eliminated here?

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I do not see any problem with option C. A subgroup modifier is constructed in the following way:
Any of the SANAM pronouns + a modifier.
Option A uses each + prepositional phrase modifier
Option C uses each + present participle modifier.

I am not aware of any rule that forbids use of present participle modifier within a subgroup modifier. So in my opinion, both A and C are correct.

We need to ask Kaplan (if it is truly Kaplan's question) why they consider that C is wrong .
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"Each" refers to "every Romance language", which is singular. Therefore "each" is required, rather than "all".


Nonetheless, even if the sentence were "A similar type of construction can be found in all Romance languages", then as well "each" would be better (as a subgroup modifier) because the implied meaning is that each language individually has a consistent order, not that all languages collectively have consistent orders.

Hi sayantanc2k,

Can you elucidate how option C can be rightly eliminated here?

Regards,

I do not see any problem with option C. A subgroup modifier is constructed in the following way:
Any of the SANAM pronouns + a modifier.
Option A uses each + prepositional phrase modifier
Option C uses each + present participle modifier.

I am not aware of any rule that forbids use of present participle modifier within a subgroup modifier. So in my opinion, both A and C are correct.

We need to ask Kaplan (if it is truly Kaplan's question) why they consider that C is wrong .
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Agree with you there. Hopefully one of its instructors will respond.
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