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23 Mar 2021, 15:01
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Not a rule. Consider a simple example:
- "Tim is a fool and a scoundrel, the kind of guy who will leave his kids at home and drive to Las Vegas where he'll squander his entire life savings by betting on Juan Toscano-Anderson to win the '20-'21 NBA MVP."
It seems pretty clear here that "the kind of guy" is referring to "Tim," rather than an unnamed "scoundrel." After all, the entire sentence is about Tim! How would it make any sense to begin this sentence by talking about a specific person and then changing course to make a generalization about scoundrels? And how can any generalization be a "kind of guy?" There's no rule in play here, but context and logic make the modifier's function obvious.
Similar deal in (D):
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Again, the entire sentence is about the subject, "the cathedrals of the Middle Ages." It makes far more sense for "structures" to refer to these specific cathedrals than to refer to "religious edifices" in general. Otherwise the writer is making one statement about cathedrals and then a second unrelated statement about unnamed religious edifices. If that were really the intent, why not just write a new sentence altogether, or include a conjunction to indicate that the focus of the sentence had changed?
The takeaway: the best way to think about noun modifiers is simply to ask yourself whether the modifier in question is reasonably close to a noun it might logically describe. If it is, don't treat the construction as an error.
I hope that clears things up! Also, you get 10 (mythical) bonus points if you're a GMAT Club member who actually knows who Juan Toscano-Anderson is.
23 Mar 2021, 16:23
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Hello C6R391,
Although you have gotten a response to your query, here are e-GMAT's two cents on the structure that we see in Choice D and E - "structures that represented..." and "structures representing...". At e-GMAT, we call such structures Noun + Noun Modifiers because the first part of this modifier is a noun, as is "structures" in Choice D & E. The second part of this modifier is a noun modifier, as are "that represented..." (relative pronoun modifier) and "representing...", a verb-ing noun modifier.
Such modifiers are super versatile in what they can modify. These modifiers can modify the entire preceding clause or can modify any noun in the preceding clause. You can read and learn all about this modifier in one of our most popular articles named
The Noun + Noun Modofers - The most versatile modifier by clicking on the following link:
[url]https://gmatclub.com/forum/noun-noun-modifiers-the-most-versatile-modifier-137292.html
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In this official sentence, this Noun + Noun Modifier in Choice D correctly modifies the subject "The cathedrals". This super versatile modifier presents some more information about these cathedrals.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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23 Mar 2021, 22:07
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My exact question.
I didn’t really see the pronoun ambiguity referred to in the official answer.
Whether it’s cathedrals or edifices or community centers, aren’t they essentially the same thing for purposes of this sentence?
A is as much B as it is C
If we use “it” to refer to A, does it matter if we refer to B or C or A?
Seems as if they are equivalent......
If any experts have any further thoughts on the pronoun ambiguity, I would love to hear them.
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I didn’t really see the pronoun ambiguity referred to in the official answer.
Whether it’s cathedrals or edifices or community centers, aren’t they essentially the same thing for purposes of this sentence?
A is as much B as it is C
If we use “it” to refer to A, does it matter if we refer to B or C or A?
Seems as if they are equivalent......
If any experts have any further thoughts on the pronoun ambiguity, I would love to hear them.
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