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Thanks to the prevailing westerly winds, dust blowing east from the drought-stricken plains travels halfway across the continent to fall on the cities of the East Coast.

(A) blowing east from the drought-stricken plains
(B) that, blowing east from the drought-stricken plains,
(C) from the drought-stricken plains and blows east
(D) that is from the drought-stricken plains blowing east
(E) blowing east that is from the plains that are drought-stricken
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Re: Thanks to the prevailing westerly winds, dust blowing east from the [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2023, 02:07
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Thanks to the prevailing westerly winds, dust blowing east from the drought-stricken plains travels halfway across the continent to fall on the cities of the East Coast.

(A) blowing east from the drought-stricken plains
(B) that, blowing east from the drought-stricken plains,
(C) from the drought-stricken plains and blows east
(D) that is from the drought-stricken plains blowing east
(E) blowing east that is from the plains that are drought-stricken



'noun+verb+ing clause also known as an adjective clause modifying a noun' is at play here. The author is modifying the noun 'dust', saying ' dust blowing east from the drought-stricken plains' travels halfway across the continent to fall on the cities of the East Coast.

There is no error in the sentence as it is written.
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Re: Thanks to the prevailing westerly winds, dust blowing east from the [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2023, 07:27
Pure modifer question,

Given sentence is perfect. All others have modifier error or SV agreement,
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Re: Thanks to the prevailing westerly winds, dust blowing east from the [#permalink] New post   25 Apr 2023, 09:50
Thanks to the prevailing westerly winds, dust blowing east from the drought-stricken plains travels halfway across the continent to fall on the cities of the East Coast.

(A) blowing east from the drought-stricken plains
(B) that, blowing east from the drought-stricken plains,
(C) from the drought-stricken plains and blows east
(D) that is from the drought-stricken plains blowing east
(E) blowing east that is from the plains that are drought-stricken


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