With a global team of analysts studying every move of the Asian mar

"as prepared" is not idiomatic, it should be "as prepared as", additionally, it's illogical to be used here as it used for a comparison

B is the correct answer

with + [noun] + [participle] on GMAT Sentence Correction

Magoosh OE :

https://magoosh.com/gmat/2015/with-noun-participle-on-gmat-sentence-correction/

Copying Mike's answer below:

“With a global team of analysts, Boisin Capital, prepared …”

That makes perfect sense by itself. Boisin has a global team of analysts. Now, if we add the participial phrase, we are merely adding description, not an essential action. This is 100% acceptable, so we can eliminate anything on the basis of this split.

The sentence is radically reorganized on each choice, so we have to analyze each choice separately.

(A) This choice commits the famous missing-verb mistake. The main noun is “Boisin Capital,” and this is followed by a participle, “prepared,” but it never gets a bonafide verb. This is incorrect.
Does it mean that the noun followed by participle is wrong? How about simple past tense?
Example: He prepared the presentation. (I don't think this is wrong in anyway.). Why is this option wrong?
Can someone please help me understand what I am missing here.
mikemcgarry DanTe02 EducationAisle


(B) The “with” structure at the beginning is fine, and there are no mistakes. This choice is promising.

(C) This choice make use of the hypothetical language, “would be,” which is strange and awkward. It also makes the idiom mistake “as prepared … that,” instead of “so prepared . . . that.” This in incorrect.

(D) The “because” clause at the beginning is fine, but this choice also commits the missing-verb mistake, similar to (A). This is incorrect.

(E) The “because of” construction at the beginning is fine, but this choice makes the idiom mistake “as prepared … that,” instead of “so prepared . . . that.” This in incorrect.

The only possible answer is (B).

Pankaj0901 Let me try to resolve your query, First noun followed by participle isn't necessarily wrong. As you've mentioned option A misses the main verb as Subject , verb-ed construction shows that the verb-ed is acting as participle phrase and hence a modifier
Coming back to this sentence: He prepared the presentation. Clearly prepared is a verb here and not a participle. To know more about this difference whether the form of verb-ed is modifier or past tense
Check out this topic written on gmatclub: https://gmatclub.com/forum/ed-forms-ver ... 34691.html

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Thank you DanTe02 for the explanation. The difference between -ed modifier and verb is pretty much clear to me. But I still have one thing to confirm:

Consider the original sentence:
With a global team of analysts studying every move of the Asian market, Boisin Capital, prepared each morning for that day’s major market trends that its accuracy on predicting an “up” or “down” day in the Western Markets is higher than 98%.

My understanding:
1. The comma before the word "prepared" separates it from the noun "Boisin Capital", and so "prepared" acts as a modifier, and there is no verb for the noun. "Noun" and "verb" cannot be separated by comma like this. Correct?
2. If this comma before the word "prepared" is removed, "Boisin Capital" (noun) would have a verb "prepared". This surely solves the existing Subject-Verb pair missing issue. (However, "so...that.." clause would still be missing without the word "so", for the complete sentence to be correct grammatically.) Correct?

I was also under the impression that "comma" acts a pause as writers/readers use it to convey a dramatic pause and thus can be used anywhere (literally) unless it changes the meaning.

PS- Please excuse me for my lame questions. Appreciate your time and effort in answering them.

Pankaj0901 Answer to your first question : Yes if you remove the comma "The-Subject verb issue will be fine"
Second your understanding of what a comma does while reading is accurate. But pausing after a noun gives reader an impression of modifier unlike a verb . Regarding the issue of so that, I'd say its a very minor one imo option A doesn't have so hence does not require its counterpart that. and even if a option has "so" or that its not necessary to be followed by its counter part e.g John was so pumped about the new Eminem album.

Here's a nice example OG: not only X but also Y is a very famous idiom however usage of one doesn't necessarily appy the other counterpart check out the OA
https://gmatclub.com/forum/as-criminal- ... 20239.html
ps no question is lame

Thank you so much DanTe02
Very helpful.



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