James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with

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James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effect sequences, banked on his exceptional cinematography skills and understanding of innovative new technologies.

(A) James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences,
(B) In his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron
(C) In his movie scenes, which he meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron
(D) Meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron, in his movie scenes
(E) James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrated them with his state of the art special effect sequences and

Vercules · Accepted Answer

This sentence awkwardly presents two phrases intended to modify James Cameron and loses the clarity and logic of the meaning. In the original sentence, these modifiers sound choppy and create too much separation between the subject, James Cameron, and the verb banked. Beginning the sentence with “In his movie scenes” and following that phrase with the relative clause “which he meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences” allows the subject, James Cameron, to be united with the verb, capitalized, for a stronger main clause.

(A) James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences,

The participial phrase does not clearly modify the noun in the preceding phrase; use of the present progressive form of the verb confuses the sequence of time with respect to the past tense of the main verb banked.

(B) In his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron

Phrase meticulously integrating … illogically modifies the noun that immediately precedes it: movie scenes; James Cameron, not the movie scenes, did the coordinating.

(C) In his movie scenes, which he meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron

Correct. The correct placement of the modifying elements makes this sentence easier to understand; the use of which clearly links the two elements.

(D) Meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron, in his movie scenes

This sentence is incorrectly implying that “James Cameron” is “meticulously integrated with his...” i.e. meticulously integrated is modifying “James Cameron”. The correct meaning should imply that “James Cameron” meticulously integrated his movie scenes with....

(E) James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrated them with his state of the art special effect sequences and

The participial phrase does not clearly modify movie scenes; the relationships among the parts of the sentence are unclear.

Vercules

fameatop · Answer

James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effect sequences,  banked on his exceptional cinematography skills and understanding of innovative new technologies.
(A) James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences, -  two modifiers back to back 
(B) In his movie scenes,  meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences,  James Cameron-  Incorrect placement of modifier 
(C) In his movie scenes, which he meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron-  CORRECT 
(D) Meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron, in his movie scenes -  Changes the meaning of the sentence as it means that James is integrated with his state of the art sequences 
(E) James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrated them with his state of the art special effect sequences and -  two modifiers back to back. It's a Fragment

So the answer has to be C

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Dinesh2Apr · Answer

meaning :- 2 facts are provided about JC
1. JC banked on his skills and understanding
2. JC integrated his movie scenes with special effects.

Error Analysis :- the modifiers are not correctly placed.
Option A :- explained
Option B :- same as A
Option C :- Correct
Option D :- modifier 'meticulously integrated' should modify movie scenes and not JC
Option E :- Change of meaning, both the facts are given equal importance.

IMO :- C

skamal7 · Answer

) In his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron

Hi vercules,

In the sentence B ur saying that meticulously integerating... modifies both movie scenes and james caemron right??This creates ambiguity in the sentence ..Is my understanding correct to eliminate the answer choice B

neha24 · Answer

B :In his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron

the main problem with B is that two modifiers are lying side by side when either can make sense with the subject of the clause "james cameron" .for instance :  "in his movies , james ....."   or   "meticulously integrating them,james cameron .."  .OG has shown such side by side placement of modifiers wrong unless they are placed such that only only is making sense with the subject or the other way to solve this is to place subject in the middle of the two modifiers

sudhirmadaan · Answer

I am not getting the role played by "ing"-modifier "understanding" in non-underlined part 
answer says 
In his movie scenes, which he meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron
if banked is verb , it is not || with understanding 
please clarify. M i missing something

daagh · Answer

'Understanding' in the context is a gerund,an 'ing' form of noun. It is parallel with skills, another noun. There is no need to parallel it with the verb 'banked'

JS1290 · Answer

Could anyone please explain why option A is wrong?

kumarabhishek07 · Answer

This question is a trap for people who are unaware of the fact that a subject cannot lie inside a prepositional phrase.

"them" used in three of the five options can't refer to the "movie scenes" since "movie scenes" lies inside a prepositional phrase.

This leaves us with just 2 options and one of them has modifier error (option D). This leaves us with the answer - C

mk96 · Answer

I personally feel that the answer is wrong. Is it logical in any way to say that JC banked on xyz in his movie scenes. This is an illogical meaning because it says that "in the movie scenes" JC banked on...

GMATNinja  @vertias  Magoosh

Can you please shed light?

Crytiocanalyst · Answer

(A) James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences,
These are independent events they don't have to be seperated through commas which distorts the meaning and makes it akward

(B) In his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron
integrating isn't the right usage since it's something Cameron has already completed not happening hence out

(C) In his movie scenes, which he meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron
The meaning is right and in the end Cameron is placed completing the sentence with the right meaning

(D) Meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron, in his movie scenes
This gives us the meaning as though James Cameron was being integrated hence out

(E) James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrated them with his state of the art special effect sequences and
The dependent clauses are seperated with commas and Cameron should be placed at the end to get the perfect meaning hence out 
Therefore IMO C

priyanshu14 · Answer

Dear sir/mam,
Please support to provide the explanation why C is correct and not B. 
I have given GMATclub test today and not convinced with its explanation.

ReedArnoldMPREP · Answer

Hi Priyanshu. Identify what *jobs* each chunk of the sentence in B is 'doing' in the sentence. Each word of chunk of words in a sentence can be thought of as playing one of three roles: Clause (subject-verb), Conjunction, or Modifier (description). (See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIsU_JI7Z6w) Here's sentence B: In his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron banked on his exceptional cinematography skills and understanding of innovative new technologies. What job is each chunk doing? "In his movie scenes" is a modifier. It's describing 'where' James Cameron relies on his skills and understanding. What is 'meticulously integrating them...special effect sequences?' It's also description. It seems to be describing the way in which James Cameron relies on his skills and understanding. (often '--ing' modifiers separated by a comma can be thought of 'linking to' the verb of the clause they modify). The pronoun 'them' looks like it must refer to 'his movies scenes.' So we basically have "In his movie scenes, meticulously integrating with his state of the art special effect sequences, James Cameron banked on...skills and understanding." So in his scenes, he meticulously integrated his scenes, as he banked on his skills and understanding...? That doesn't make sense... How did he meticulously integrate his scenes in his scenes? It's a weird sort of recursion/redundancy. The sentence sorts like this: In his movie scenes], ] (meticulously integrating them with his state of the art special effects sequences), James Cameron banked on his exceptional cinematography skills and understanding of innovative new technologies ]. Consider the sentence: "In the apartment, living in it for his entire childhood, he went through the biggest stages of his development." Similar issue. Now look at the right answer and think about how it might 'organize' based on the 'role' of the word-chunks? In his movie scenes, which he meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences, James Cameron banked on his exceptional cinematography skills and understanding of innovative new technologies. In this sentence "in his movie scenes" has the same role (where Cameron banked on skills and understanding). But 'which he meticulously integrated' is now describing the *movie scenes*, not the main clause of the sentence. It's a 'sub modifier' in a larger modifying chunk. In his movie scenes, (which he meticulously integrated with his state of the art special effects sequences) ], James Cameron banked on his exceptional cinematography skills and understanding of innovative new technologies. ] This exercise of coloring and clumping can really help you develop a strong sense of structure and meaning.

kpop1234567890 · Answer

Such a fantastic and easy explanation

James Cameron, in his movie scenes, meticulously integrating them with

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