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jabhatta2
Hello jabhatta2,
We hope this finds you well.
Having gone through your query, we believe we can resolve your doubt.
The meaning of the sentence you have provided is that Sam published his book, and in the process of doing so argued for X and Y; please remember, the introduction of the present participle ("verb+ing"- “arguing” in this case) after comma generally leads to a cause-effect relationship.
To understand the concept of "Comma + Present Participles for Cause-Effect Relationships" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~3 minutes):
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20 Dec 2021, 23:31
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Yes, the meaning you suggest is correct. It does mean that in the book, Sam is arguing for X and for Y.
, + VERBing at the end of the clause can show an effect of what the clause tells us or can tell us more about what the clause tells us.
18 Jan 2022, 03:49
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In 1850 Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women, arguing in a treatise for women to have equal political and legal rights and for changes in the married women’s property laws.
Meaning: In the year 1850, Lucretia Mott (LM) published something. What did she publish? She published her Discourse on Women. In this discourse, she argued for two things:
1. Equal political and legal rights for women AND
2. for changes in laws that dealt with married women's property
Sentence Structure:
In 1850 (Prepositional phrase modifying LM)
Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women (IC; LM - Subject; Published - Verb; her Discourse on Women - object of the sentence)
, arguing in a treatise (Verb-ing modifier)
for women to have equal political and legal rights (element 1 of parallelism)
and (parallel marker)
for changes in the married women’s property laws. (element 2 of parallelism)
2. Parallelism error - "for changes" is in the non-underlined part of the sentence. Hence we need an element before "and" that is parallel "for changes" Now, we know that the discourse is arguing for equal rights AND for changes. The discourse is not arguing for women per se. Hence, though we have two noun elements, this parallelism is incorrect.
2. Error 2 of option A has been rectified. Now we have a clear parallelism between two entities "for equal right" and "for changes" separated by a parallel marker "and"
2. Error 2 of option A. We have a possessive noun "women's equal..." made parallel to a prepositional phrase "for changes". This is not grammatically correct.
2. Error 2. of option B
2. Error 2 of option B has been rectified
Correct option: (E)
Noun + Noun Modifiers All you need to know about Noun + Noun modifiers - by egmat https://gmatclub.com/forum/noun-noun-mo ... 37292.html
Meaning: In the year 1850, Lucretia Mott (LM) published something. What did she publish? She published her Discourse on Women. In this discourse, she argued for two things:
1. Equal political and legal rights for women AND
2. for changes in laws that dealt with married women's property
Sentence Structure:
In 1850 (Prepositional phrase modifying LM)
Lucretia Mott published her Discourse on Women (IC; LM - Subject; Published - Verb; her Discourse on Women - object of the sentence)
, arguing in a treatise (Verb-ing modifier)
for women to have equal political and legal rights (element 1 of parallelism)
and (parallel marker)
for changes in the married women’s property laws. (element 2 of parallelism)
Quote:
1. Modifier error - ",arguing" is a verb-ing modifier that modifies the previous clause. But This modification makes no sense. The argument is not the result of publishing the discourse. Based on the meaning analysis we know that the discourse is about arguing/demanding two things. (1. and 2. of meaning analysis)
2. Parallelism error - "for changes" is in the non-underlined part of the sentence. Hence we need an element before "and" that is parallel "for changes" Now, we know that the discourse is arguing for equal rights AND for changes. The discourse is not arguing for women per se. Hence, though we have two noun elements, this parallelism is incorrect.
Quote:
1. Error 1 of option A.
2. Error 2 of option A has been rectified. Now we have a clear parallelism between two entities "for equal right" and "for changes" separated by a parallel marker "and"
Quote:
1. Error 1. of option A has been rectified. Now we have a noun + noun modifier that modifies the previous noun "Discourse for women"
2. Error 2 of option A. We have a possessive noun "women's equal..." made parallel to a prepositional phrase "for changes". This is not grammatically correct.
Quote:
1. Error 1. of option A has been rectified.
2. Error 2. of option B
Quote:
1. Error 1 of option A has been rectified.
2. Error 2 of option B has been rectified
Correct option: (E)
Noun + Noun Modifiers All you need to know about Noun + Noun modifiers - by egmat https://gmatclub.com/forum/noun-noun-mo ... 37292.html
