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Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk [#permalink] New post   01 Feb 2021, 13:07
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Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk.

A. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk
B. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases drunk, downstairs
C. Marcos Ramirez took downstairs empty cases drunk
D. Marcos Ramirez, drunk, took empty cases downstairs
E. Marcos Ramirez, drunk downstairs took empty cases
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Re: Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk [#permalink] New post   14 Feb 2021, 05:36
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A. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk (Who is drunk? downstairs or Marcos? Modifier is at the wrong place) (Incorrect)
B. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases drunk, downstairs (Empty cases can't get drunk) (Incorrect)
C. Marcos Ramirez took downstairs empty cases drunk (Took downstairs? Empty cases are supposed to be the ones kept downstairs by drunk Marcos) (Incorrect)
D. Marcos Ramirez, drunk, took empty cases downstairs (correct, Marcos is drunk and is taking cases downstairs)
E. Marcos Ramirez, drunk downstairs took empty cases (downstairs are not drunk)(Incorrect)

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Re: Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk [#permalink] New post   14 Feb 2021, 06:34
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A. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk- Wrong answer, the placement of the word drunk is wrong.

B. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases drunk, downstairs- Wrong answer, , how can empty cases be drunk ?

C. Marcos Ramirez took downstairs empty cases drunk- Wrong answer, , the word "downstairs" has been incorrectly used as an object whereas it should been used as a place where the empty cases were taken.

D. Marcos Ramirez, drunk, took empty cases downstairs- This is our answer, the word "drunk" clearly modifies Marcos Ramirez and the sentence clearly explains the action that Marcos Ramirez did when he was drunk.

E. Marcos Ramirez, drunk downstairs took empty cases- Wrong answer, the sentence isn't coherent.

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Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk [#permalink] New post   17 Feb 2021, 23:39
Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk.

A. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk
Modified whole clause- wrong
B. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases drunk, downstairs
It seems took drunk and downstairs
C. Marcos Ramirez took downstairs empty cases drunk
took downstairs what? empty cases- Ok what drunk is doing in the end - reject
D. Marcos Ramirez, drunk, took empty cases downstairs
Drunk MR took empty cases downstairs- ok
E. Marcos Ramirez, drunk downstairs took empty cases
Drunk downstairs- wrong
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Re: Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk [#permalink] New post   19 Feb 2021, 07:55
IMO-D

A. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases downstairs, drunk
INCORRECT-Placement of drunk is incorrect

B. Marcos Ramirez took empty cases drunk, downstairs
INCORRECT-Placement of downstairs is incorrect

C. Marcos Ramirez took downstairs empty cases drunk
INCORRECT-placement of drunk is incorrect it is incorrectly modifying cases

D. Marcos Ramirez, drunk, took empty cases downstairs
Correct-

E. Marcos Ramirez, drunk downstairs took empty cases
INCORRECT- Marcos has no verb

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