shirish87 wrote:
Hi Shraddha,
Firstly,I would like to thank you for the article shared.I have another doubt with the question where signifcance of which is specified.
Letters are not the doer of the verb-ing 'outnumbering'
Is this another reason for the original sentence being wrong.
Also please answer to the below question.
John,a resident of Lake City and an employee of The Bell Company,is currently working on a new project that will revolutionize the telecommunication industry,which will lead to a lowering of rates for making international calls.
A)is currently working on a new project that will revolutionize the telecommunication industry,which will lead to a lowering of rates for
B)is currently working on a new project that will revolutionize the telecommunication industry,leading to a lowering of rates for
C)which is currently working on a new project to revolutionize the telecommunication industry and also lead to a lower rates for
D)who is currently working on a new project in the telecommunication industry,which will lead to a lowering of rates for
E)has been currently working on a new project that will revolutionize the telecommunication industry as well as lower the rates for.
Hi Sirish,
Comma + verb-ing modifiers present either the HOW aspect of the preceding action or the result. The reason why “outnumbering” is not correct is that Emily did not wrote the letters to SHD by outnumbering” her letters. Also, “outnumbering” is not the effect of Emily’s writing to SHD. Hence, use of “outnumbering” is not correct.
Now let’s look at the sentence that you have presented:
John, a resident of Lake City and an employee of The Bell Company,
is currently working on a new project that will revolutionize the telecommunication industry, which will lead to a lowering of rates for making international calls.
MEANING ANALYSIS:John is working on a project. This project will revolutionize the telecommunication industry. This industry will lead to decrease in rates for international calls. But it does not make sense to say that the industry will lead to decrease in the rates for international calls.
ERROR ANALYSIS:From our meaning analysis, we know that it does not make sense to say that the industry will lead to decrease in the rates for international calls. Hence, use of “which” is incorrect in this sentence.
PoE:A) is currently working on a new project that will revolutionize the telecommunication industry,
which will lead to a lowering of rates for:
Incorrect for the reason stated above.
B) is currently working on a new project that will revolutionize the telecommunication industry,
leading to a lowering of rates for:
Correct. Comma + Verb-ing modifiers correctly presents how the new project will revolutionize the telecommunication industry. It will do so by lowering the rates for international calls.
C)
which is currently working on a new project to revolutionize the telecommunication industry and also lead to a lower rates for:
Incorrect.1. “which” illogically refers to “The Bell Company”.
2. Absence of verb for the subject “John” leads to fragment error.
D)
who is currently working on a new project in the telecommunication industry,
which will lead to a lowering of rates for:
Incorrect. Same “which” modification error as in choice A and fragment error as in choice C.
E)
has been currently working on a new project that will revolutionize the telecommunication industry
as well as lower the rates for:
Incorrect.1. Use of present perfect tense is incorrect.
2. The new project will do just one thing. It will revolutionize the telecommunication industry. The forced parallel list changes the meaning of the sentence.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha