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The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believed to date to ancient times, where it was a means of showing strangers that the extended hand held no weapon.


A- Where it was a means of showing strangers
B- Having been a means to show strangers
C- Being a means to showing strangers
D- Where it meant of showing strangers
E- Used as a means to show strangers
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Originally posted by shiva007 on 26 Sep 2018, 01:22.
Last edited by shiva007 on 26 Sep 2018, 02:31, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2018, 03:39
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shiva007 wrote:
The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believed to date to ancient times, where it was a means of showing strangers that the extended hand held no weapon.


A- Where it was a means of showing strangers
B- Having been a means to show strangers
C- Being a means to showing strangers
D- Where it meant of showing strangers
E- Used as a means to show strangers


is E a modifier ?

Imo-

E looks like a modifier for the handshake ,but a modifier cannot be this far especially when we have already used the verb is .
Therefore ,
if E is a modifier then it is incorrectly modifying times because times cannot be used as a means to show strangers
if E is not a modifier then it is missing the subject.

A rectifies the error of the missing subject .

Thus
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2018, 01:28
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should we eliminate options containing "being" and "having" directly?
How to distinguish a "verb-ed" as "modifier" and "Verb".
Here, in option E, "Used" is a verb or a verb-ed modifier ?
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2018, 02:00
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2018, 02:05
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dimmak wrote:
A- Where it was a means of showing strangers
B- Having been a means to show strangers
C- Being a means to showing strangers
D- Where it meant of showing strangers
E- Used as a means to show strangers

in option E, "Used" is a modifier, right?
Can you explain why option B is incorrect? as "having been" means something which was in past and isnt anymore.

correct me if i'm wrong.

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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2018, 02:11
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shiva007 wrote:

how's the usage of "where", correct? shouldn't it be more apt if "where" was replaced by "when"
also what about option - E ?

TIA


Sorry, check again the answer, I have edited it with option E, that should be the correct ans . It is true that as you refer to a period of time is more apropiate to use "when" instead of "where", in E the ans is more direct and avoid the use of pronouns.
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2018, 03:43
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shiva007 wrote:
The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believed to date to ancient times, where it was a means of showing strangers that the extended hand held no weapon.


A- Where it was a means of showing strangers
B- Having been a means to show strangers
C- Being a means to showing strangers
D- Where it meant of showing strangers
E- Used as a means to show strangers


is E a modifier ?

Imo-

E looks like a modifier for the handshake ,but a modifier cannot be this far especially when we have already used the verb is .
Therefore ,
if E is a modifier then it is incorrectly modifying times because times cannot be used as a means to show strangers
if E is not a modifier then it is missing the subject.

A rectifies the error of the missing subject .

Thus
A


How is “where” used for “ancient times” better than “when” ? In option -A

Can you explain a bit on that?


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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2018, 05:13
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shiva007 wrote:
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shiva007 wrote:
The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believed to date to ancient times, where it was a means of showing strangers that the extended hand held no weapon.


A- Where it was a means of showing strangers
B- Having been a means to show strangers
C- Being a means to showing strangers
D- Where it meant of showing strangers
E- Used as a means to show strangers


is E a modifier ?

Imo-

E looks like a modifier for the handshake ,but a modifier cannot be this far especially when we have already used the verb is .
Therefore ,
if E is a modifier then it is incorrectly modifying times because times cannot be used as a means to show strangers
if E is not a modifier then it is missing the subject.

A rectifies the error of the missing subject .

Thus
A


How is “where” used for “ancient times” better than “when” ? In option -A

Can you explain a bit on that?


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I guess when is used in case of time reference and where is used in case of physical reference , but is it a thumb rule ?
I am no expert , but I would not go ahead and omit an answer choice only because of this rule.
Imo E has a bigger issue than A .

If experts can pitch in, it will be really helpful.
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2018, 01:14
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Can you please help explain this question?
Is 'where' a correct modifier for 'ancient times'?
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2018, 05:24
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shreyasawhney wrote:
Can you please help explain this question?
Is 'where' a correct modifier for 'ancient times'?


I agree where deterred me to choose E. I think it should be when. Ancient times is not a place
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2018, 08:17
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Not an expert but let me keep my views on this one.

Replacing E in the original sentence.
The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believed to date to ancient times,Used as a means to show strangers that the extended hand held no weapon
Here Used as a mean to show stranger illogically modifies ancient times instead of handshake(verb-ed modifier).

Although A is not the perfect choice but it is best of the lot.

Hope it helps.
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   31 Oct 2018, 11:04
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None of the choices are correct, nor would C be correct with "to show." We've already seen the problem with "where," but most of the replacement choices seem to modify "times" instead of "the handshake." If I were forced to pick an answer from this lot, I'd actually go with B, since it's the easiest to imagine as an adverbial modifier applied to the whole preceding clause, but I don't think this would fly on the GMAT.
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   27 Aug 2020, 11:36
'B' is the correct answer (or, at least, the least terrible). The OA should change to reflect that. 'where' can never be used as a way to solely indicate a period of time.
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   28 Aug 2020, 13:16
DmitryFarber wrote:
None of the choices are correct, nor would C be correct with "to show." We've already seen the problem with "where," but most of the replacement choices seem to modify "times" instead of "the handshake." If I were forced to pick an answer from this lot, I'd actually go with B, since it's the easiest to imagine as an adverbial modifier applied to the whole preceding clause, but I don't think this would fly on the GMAT.


Thanks DimitryFarber, this was really very helpful.
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   29 Aug 2020, 15:00
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Glad I could help! I definitely wouldn't try to learn from this problem, especially since it is describing the ancient pre-2020 world, in which people shook hands! :shock: This barbaric exchange of pathogens has long since fallen by the wayside. :lol:
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The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   06 Sep 2020, 14:47
I went with B but that didn't sound too convincing either. The rule i remember from the Manhattan SC says the adverb where must be used to modify a place... someone help clarify this please.
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Re: The handshake, long used as a means of conducting business, is believe [#permalink] New post   04 Aug 2021, 03:25
there are ,two idiom a means to and a means of
here a means of goes well also where is use to denote the time
so ans A is correct
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