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13 Feb 2023, 22:45
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Jatin108
Think of them as 3 reasons. Hope this helps.
Prospecting for gold during the California gold rush was a relatively easy task, since
1) erosion
2) prehistoric glacier movement
3) ancient, gold-bearing riverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity
put gold literally within reach for anybody with a pan or shovel.
11 Jun 2023, 03:10
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KarishmaB GMATNinja
Prospecting for gold during the California gold rush was a relatively easy task, because of erosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and ancient, gold-bearing riverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity put gold literally within reach for anybody with a pan or shovel.
e) since erosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and ancient, gold-bearing riverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity put gold literally within reach of
Why "thrust" as a modifier will only modify "gold-bearing riverbeds" and not erosion. In that case, it doesn't make sense and can be rejected.
When I attempted e, I tried to understand role of "thrust". If thrust is a verb, then it does not make sense to say "erosion thrust to the surface by volcanic activity".
I felt comma + verb-ing like "putting" would be more apt because the result of erosion led to gold coming within the reach. How can erosion itself put gold within the reach?
I also considered thrust and put both are verb but not connected with "and". So I found another reason to reject E.
Please help me understand how to identify modifier and verb in a sentence.
Thank you!
Prospecting for gold during the California gold rush was a relatively easy task, because of erosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and ancient, gold-bearing riverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity put gold literally within reach for anybody with a pan or shovel.
e) since erosion, prehistoric glacier movement, and ancient, gold-bearing riverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity put gold literally within reach of
Why "thrust" as a modifier will only modify "gold-bearing riverbeds" and not erosion. In that case, it doesn't make sense and can be rejected.
When I attempted e, I tried to understand role of "thrust". If thrust is a verb, then it does not make sense to say "erosion thrust to the surface by volcanic activity".
I felt comma + verb-ing like "putting" would be more apt because the result of erosion led to gold coming within the reach. How can erosion itself put gold within the reach?
I also considered thrust and put both are verb but not connected with "and". So I found another reason to reject E.
Please help me understand how to identify modifier and verb in a sentence.
Thank you!
12 Jun 2023, 05:19
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Sneha2021
Check this out first: https://anaprep.com/how-to-differentiat ... modifiers/
Now consider this: Who is doing the thrusting? Not the riverbeds. Volcanic activity is doing the thrusting. So it is in passive without a helping verb.
... riverbeds thrust to the surface by volcanic activity....
Hence 'thrust' is a past participle modifier.
