TheUltimateWinner wrote:
GMATGuruNY wrote:
TheUltimateWinner wrote:
How can we remove (other than WHICH part) choice D?
OA:
Warmed by the sun, ocean water evaporates, rises, and condenses.Here, the four colored actions are presented in a logical sequence.
First, the water is WARMED.
Then, the water EVAPORATES, RISES and CONDENSES.
The implication is that the incipient green action leads to the three subsequent blue actions.
D:
The water in the oceans evaporates, warmed by the Sun, rises, and condenses.Here, the four colored actions are presented OUT OF SEQUENCE, with the incipient red action inserted inexplicably between the first two blue actions.
As a result, the intended meaning -- that the incipient red action leads to the three subsequent blue actions -- is not conveyed.
Since the ordering in D is illogical, eliminate D and choose C.
GMATGuruNYkudos for the nice explanation.
So, can we think of the following happen by the above explanation?
Quote:
OA: Warmed by the sun, ocean water evaporates, rises, and condenses.
1/
Warmed by the sun, ocean water
evaporates2/
Warmed by the sun, ocean water
rises3/
Warmed by the sun, ocean water
condensesQuote:
D: The water in the oceans evaporates, warmed by the Sun, rises, and condenses.
1/
warmed by the Sun, The water in the oceans
evaporates2/ The water in the oceans
rises3/ The water in the oceans
condensesAm I missing anything?
Your understanding is correct in this respect:
In the OA,
warmed precipitates all three actions that follow (
evaporates, rises, condenses).
In D,
warmed seems to precipitate only the first of these three actions (
evaporates).
The meaning conveyed by the OA is more logical.
Quote:
(D) The water in the oceans evaporates (without comma) rises high into the atmosphere, and condenses in tiny droplets on minute particles of dust, which forms clouds.
Two verbs trying to be the verb at a time of one subject! so, that seems wrong. This one is my explanation
This line of reasoning is invalid.
It presupposes that -- if we remove the nonessential
warmed-modifier from D -- we must also remove the comma that directly follows this modifier.
Not so.
SC100 in the OG12:
Like the planets, the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, but they are so far away from the Earth that their apparent positions in the sky do not change enough for their movement to be observed during a single human lifetime.Here, if we remove the nonessential modifier in blue, we must retain the comma that follows this modifier, as follows:
Like the planets, the stars are in motion, but they are so far away from the Earth that their apparent positions in the sky do not change enough for their movement to be observed during a single human lifetime.Even when the nonessential blue modifier is omitted, the comma immediately before
but must be retained.
Similarly:
If remove the nonessential
warmed-modifier from D, we must retain the comma directly before
rises, as follows:
The water in the oceans evaporates, rises high into the atmosphere, and condenses in tiny droplets on minute particles of dust.The resulting structure is not invalid.
D can be eliminated primarily for its illogical sequence and for its misuse of
which.
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