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DmitryFarber
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You're right; we don't want to say "where first discovered." I can use a similar construction as an adverbial modifier, but it doesn't make sense here, and I don't think any version with "where" would work. But I could say something like "When first discovered, the drug appeared promising."
You're right; we don't want to say "where first discovered." I can use a similar construction as an adverbial modifier, but it doesn't make sense here, and I don't think any version with "where" would work. But I could say something like "When first discovered, the drug appeared promising."
DmitryFarber
I have a quick follow-up question. Is "named for" an idiom? My ear wanted to say "named after" instead. Thank you for your time.
26 Feb 2023, 02:24
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mikemcgarry
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Even though Clovis points, spear points with longitudinal grooves chipped onto their faces, have been round all over north America ,they are named for the new Mexico site where whey were first discovered in 1932
A) Even though Clovis points , spear points with longitudinal grooves chipped onto their faces, have been found all over north America, they are named for the new Mexico site where they were first discovered in 1932.
B) Although named for the new Mexico site where fist discovered in 1932. Clovis points are spear points of longitudinal grooves chipped onto their faces and have been found all over north America .
C) Named for the new Mexico site where they have been first discovered in 1932. Clovis points, spear points of longitudinal grooves chipped onto the faces, have been found all over north America .
D) Spear points with longitudinal grooves that are chipped onto the faces ,Clovis points , even though named for the new Mexico site where first discovered in 1932, but were found all over north America .
E) While Clovis points are spear points whose faces have longitudinal grooves chipped into them ,they have been found all over north America ,and named for the new Mexico site where they have been first discovered in 1932
I am confused between A & B. Whats problem with B?
I'm happy to help. A) Even though Clovis points , spear points with longitudinal grooves chipped onto their faces, have been found all over north America, they are named for the new Mexico site where they were first discovered in 1932.
B) Although named for the new Mexico site where fist discovered in 1932. Clovis points are spear points of longitudinal grooves chipped onto their faces and have been found all over north America .
C) Named for the new Mexico site where they have been first discovered in 1932. Clovis points, spear points of longitudinal grooves chipped onto the faces, have been found all over north America .
D) Spear points with longitudinal grooves that are chipped onto the faces ,Clovis points , even though named for the new Mexico site where first discovered in 1932, but were found all over north America .
E) While Clovis points are spear points whose faces have longitudinal grooves chipped into them ,they have been found all over north America ,and named for the new Mexico site where they have been first discovered in 1932
I am confused between A & B. Whats problem with B?
Of course, this is OG13 SC#96.
As a general rule, a subordinate conjunction, such as "although" or "even though" or "while", should be followed by a full [noun] + [verb] structure. The GMAT doesn't like following a subordinate conjunction with simply a participial phrase, such as the participial phrase "named for the new Mexico site where fist discovered in 1932". It's tricky, because this structure is quite common in colloquial English ....
While sleeping, I ...
Although wasting time, he ....
Because already tired, she ...
Any of those might pass in colloquial speech, but they would be 100% wrong on the GMAT Sentence Correction. This is the problem with (B).
For participial phrases, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/participl ... -the-gmat/
For more on where verbs are needed:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gram ... b-mistake/
Does all this make sense?
Mike
Thanks for your clarification Mike.Wanted to check if option B has Pronoun(They) ambiguity as well?Can you please help?
27 Feb 2023, 00:05
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Pronoun ambiguity is not commonly tested on the GMAT, but here it's definitely not an issue. We only have one plural noun to refer to: "Clovis points." It doesn't matter that we also say "spear points," since this is still referring to Clovis points. We can't have ambiguity if no matter how we read the sentence, "their" refers to the same objects. In any case, B is so full of errors that this is the last thing I'd look at.
Pronoun ambiguity is not commonly tested on the GMAT, but here it's definitely not an issue. We only have one plural noun to refer to: "Clovis points." It doesn't matter that we also say "spear points," since this is still referring to Clovis points. We can't have ambiguity if no matter how we read the sentence, "their" refers to the same objects. In any case, B is so full of errors that this is the last thing I'd look at.
