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Verb-ing Modifier [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2020, 05:24
By 1973 the NOIC had terminated the Western Oil Consortium's management and operational activities, leading to the pressure on the NOIC to raise its oil output.

In the above senstence, 'leading' is a verb-ing modifier, it presents the result of the preceding clause. However, a verb-ing modifier is supposed to make sense with the subject of the preceeding clause too. here, the subject is 'NOIC' . According to my understanding, NOIC didn't lead to pressure on the NOIC, it is the event that did. Therefore, isn't the usage of the verb-ing modifier in this case incorrect?
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Re: Verb-ing Modifier [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2020, 09:16
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Hey sakshiagarwal96

Please have a look at the GC post on VERB ING modifier, it will help you build your understanding of the topic.

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Re: Verb-ing Modifier [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2020, 10:34
sakshiagarwal96 wrote:
By 1973 the NOIC had terminated the Western Oil Consortium's management and operational activities, leading to the pressure on the NOIC to raise its oil output.

In the above senstence, 'leading' is a verb-ing modifier, it presents the result of the preceding clause. However, a verb-ing modifier is supposed to make sense with the subject of the preceeding clause too. here, the subject is 'NOIC' . According to my understanding, NOIC didn't lead to pressure on the NOIC, it is the event that did. Therefore, isn't the usage of the verb-ing modifier in this case incorrect?


I believe your understanding is correct .
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Re: Verb-ing Modifier [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2020, 12:43
egmat, I looked at the explanation but I still don't get how the usage of the verb-ing modifier is correct here as it should make sense with the subject of the preceeding clause.

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