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Many daring vacationers who participate in guided boat tours on the Tarcoles River encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out from the surface of the murky water.
(A) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out
(B) encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
(C) had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
(D) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses peeking out
(E) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses that are peeking out
(A) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out
(B) encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
(C) had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
(D) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses peeking out
(E) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses that are peeking out
21 Feb 2010, 11:55
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Hey All,
While Angel's explanation is entirely correct, it's a bit light on detail, so I thought I'd weigh in.
The big category here is modifiers, and the rules regarding modifiers are very strict. If you want to modify a noun, the modifier and the modifi-ee (my invented word) have to touch.
(A) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out
(B) encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
(C) had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
(D) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses peeking out
(E) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses that are peeking out
The first split you inevitably saw (aside from the verb tense issue up front, which we can also discuss) was "whose" versus "with". "Whose" is a relative pronoun, and can only be used to modify nouns. That means that "whose" better go RIGHT NEXT to the thing it modifies. Unfortunately, in A, B and C, it modifies "shallows". This doesn't make any sense, for obvious reasons.
"with" is a preposition, and also sets off a modifying phrase. However, this phrase is not modifying crocodiles (As you may have assumed) but "lurking". One way to determine what's being modified is to ask yourself what question is being answered by the modifying phrase. In other words, you can't answer a question about the crocodile with this modifier ("What were the crocodiles doing?" "With eyes and noses peeking out" -- this makes no sense). But you can answer the question "How were the crocodiles lurking?" "With eyes and noses peeking out"). We're modifying a verb, and verb modifiers DO NOT need to touch the verbs they modify.
Between D and E, D is simply more concise (there's no reason to introduce the relative pronoun "that"; it just complicates the meaning).
Also, there's no reason to use any tense but present here. Notice the original verb "participate", which is in the present, then ask yourself if there's any good reason to change tenses. There isn't. Answer is D.
Hope that helps!
While Angel's explanation is entirely correct, it's a bit light on detail, so I thought I'd weigh in.
The big category here is modifiers, and the rules regarding modifiers are very strict. If you want to modify a noun, the modifier and the modifi-ee (my invented word) have to touch.
(A) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peeking out
(B) encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
(C) had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peek out
(D) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses peeking out
(E) encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, with eyes and noses that are peeking out
The first split you inevitably saw (aside from the verb tense issue up front, which we can also discuss) was "whose" versus "with". "Whose" is a relative pronoun, and can only be used to modify nouns. That means that "whose" better go RIGHT NEXT to the thing it modifies. Unfortunately, in A, B and C, it modifies "shallows". This doesn't make any sense, for obvious reasons.
"with" is a preposition, and also sets off a modifying phrase. However, this phrase is not modifying crocodiles (As you may have assumed) but "lurking". One way to determine what's being modified is to ask yourself what question is being answered by the modifying phrase. In other words, you can't answer a question about the crocodile with this modifier ("What were the crocodiles doing?" "With eyes and noses peeking out" -- this makes no sense). But you can answer the question "How were the crocodiles lurking?" "With eyes and noses peeking out"). We're modifying a verb, and verb modifiers DO NOT need to touch the verbs they modify.
Between D and E, D is simply more concise (there's no reason to introduce the relative pronoun "that"; it just complicates the meaning).
Also, there's no reason to use any tense but present here. Notice the original verb "participate", which is in the present, then ask yourself if there's any good reason to change tenses. There isn't. Answer is D.
Hope that helps!
08 Feb 2016, 06:12
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debbiem
In my opinion courtesy answer is A
Many daring vacationers who participate in guided boat tours on the Tarcoles River encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peaking out from the surface of the murky water.
A. encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows,whose eyes and noses are peaking out----A promising option as, whose correctly modifies crocodiles
B.encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peak out--nop, tense error one time we say VACATIONERS WHO PARTICIPATE and other time it says Encountered---thus inconsistency
C. had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peak outno need of past perfect here thus reject this choice
D. encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows,with eyes and noses peaking outshallows, with eyes n noses peaking out---in this, eyes n noses incorrectly modifies shallows and thus it means that shallows are having noses n eyes peaking out--Reject
E. encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows,with eyes and noses that are peaking out same as d above
Many daring vacationers who participate in guided boat tours on the Tarcoles River encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses are peaking out from the surface of the murky water.
A. encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows,whose eyes and noses are peaking out----A promising option as, whose correctly modifies crocodiles
B.encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peak out--nop, tense error one time we say VACATIONERS WHO PARTICIPATE and other time it says Encountered---thus inconsistency
C. had encountered native crocodiles lurking in the shallows, whose eyes and noses peak outno need of past perfect here thus reject this choice
D. encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows,with eyes and noses peaking outshallows, with eyes n noses peaking out---in this, eyes n noses incorrectly modifies shallows and thus it means that shallows are having noses n eyes peaking out--Reject
E. encounter native crocodiles lurking in the shallows,with eyes and noses that are peaking out same as d above
Hi debbiem,
Your reasoning is good, but you missed out one tense error in A. The present continuous tense are peaking out implies that the action is happening at this current moment. This tense is definitely wrong. This option would mean that the visitors encounter crocodiles whose eyes and noses are peaking out at this moment...
I understand that you are very concerned with the modifier touch rule, and you are right in doing so. However there are exceptions to modifier touch rule. This example illustrates such an exception: another essential phrase modifier may sometimes drop in between a noun and its modifier. Since you have more serious problem (tense problem) in option A, you would be better off with D, although the modifier touch rule is not followed in this case.
Also note that peaking out in option D is not in present continuous tense, but a present participle. A present participle follows the tense of the main verb of the sentence, in this case simple present.
