Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Nov 2007:30 AM PST
-08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
02 Apr 2019, 02:05
Kudos
Bookmarks
Here, Prepositional phrase "According to committee" is modifying which part of the following clause. Also, I want to know whether a prepositional phrase can modify a clause?
Statement: According to committee, Mr Kelly had recorded Jim's statement in a memo
Statement: According to committee, Mr Kelly had recorded Jim's statement in a memo
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Verbal Questions Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block below for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
02 Apr 2019, 08:50
Kudos
Bookmarks
Prepositional Phrase can act as an adjective to modify a noun , or as an adverb to modify a verb.
for the stated example, the prepositional phrase is modifying the noun "Kelly", and it can be rewritten as:
Mr Kelly, according to committee, had recorded Jim's statement in a memo.
I am not an expert, but throughout my studying, I don't recognize a reference saying that prepositional clause could modify a whole clause.
Participial "verb-ing" type clause is the one modify a whole clause.
I remember an exiting example:
"hopefully, my plane arrived on time"
outside the GMAT, this sentence seem correct, as "hopefully" is modifying the whole clause.
but inside the GMAT, this sentence is incorrect because the adverb "hopefully" can only modify a verb, which is "arrived". since the plane cannot arrive in a hopeful manner, the sentence has a meaning problem.
for the stated example, the prepositional phrase is modifying the noun "Kelly", and it can be rewritten as:
Mr Kelly, according to committee, had recorded Jim's statement in a memo.
I am not an expert, but throughout my studying, I don't recognize a reference saying that prepositional clause could modify a whole clause.
Participial "verb-ing" type clause is the one modify a whole clause.
I remember an exiting example:
"hopefully, my plane arrived on time"
outside the GMAT, this sentence seem correct, as "hopefully" is modifying the whole clause.
but inside the GMAT, this sentence is incorrect because the adverb "hopefully" can only modify a verb, which is "arrived". since the plane cannot arrive in a hopeful manner, the sentence has a meaning problem.
03 Apr 2019, 11:54
Kudos
Bookmarks
