dcoolguy wrote:
ReedArnoldMPREP wrote:
dcoolguy wrote:
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I am having issues with C,D and E.
1. C, as per many explanations, C is wrong because "a part" is reffering to 950$ million and hence its wrong. but since its an absolute phrase, which is flexible, It can modify anything in the preceding clause. i.e. purchase. hence, purchase could be a part of a deal. So whats wrong with C? making is not a verb - just a modifier. seems ok and conscise to me. but not pleasing to my ears though
2. D, many people are saying, D Is wrong because of "intention", whats wrong with that maybe company wants to do all this for a purpose. we don't care whats intended as long as it makes sense.
3. a part vs part? is there a difference? to me both means deal includes more than just this.
also How is this an easy-medium level question? there is so much going on!
1. My issue with C is more the meaning in the modifier 'making'. It seems to say the deal is already, in the moment, making the company the largest manufacturer. But the story is that once the deal has been struck, the company will become the largest manufacturer. I have a similar qualm with B.
2. We certainly do care what's intended. Intended meaning comes from the entirety of the question.
The other issue with D, and this is more idiomatic and squishy, but noun to verb modifiers don't really work that well. "He went to the store to buy some bread." Great, 'to buy some bread' says 'why he went to the store.'
"It was a party to celebrate her birthday." Ehhhh.... 'to celebrate her birthday' is the 'why' of the party, but it just doesn't fit so nice to ONLY modify the party. It feels much better to say "We threw a party to celebrate her birthday."
Basically 'to verb' modifiers work much better if they modify why A VERB was done, not why a NOUN was 'done.'
So if D said "as part of a deal that was struck to make" the to-verb modifier would work better. It explains why the deal was struck.
3. I don't see a huge different between 'a part' and 'part.' The real difference in E is the 'as.' The purchase was done AS PART of a deal...
Thank you for a detailed response.
So In C, when there is an "ing" modifier, apart from just modifying a noun, It also tells us about the timeframe as well?
does it always represents a present progressive tense ?? I used to think its just a modifier modifying a property of noun.
Can it always be a present progressive or it can be a past progressive as well (In case of being a noun modifier)
---ing modifiers are always 'present progressive,' but the way to think about 'when' they are happening is usually 'concurrently with the verb.'
"The dog running on the sidewalk is fast."
"The dog running on the sidewalk was fast."
In both, 'running on the sidewalk' modifies 'the dog,' an we know WHEN it was running by the verb 'is' or 'was.' In the first it is currently running, in the second it was running on the sidewalk.
It doesn't work with the future, though--"The dog running on the sidewalk will be fast."
Also, because nothing is ever easy, the modifier can be present but the verb past: "The man standing on the corner lived on this street for years." Now, the man is currently on the corner, but he lived on the street in the past.
With a comma,---ing modifier, it tends to be more rigid: that modifier is happening *with* that verb, at that time:
"She slipped on the ice, twisting her ankle."
"She slips on the ice, twisting her ankle."
"She will slip on the ice, twisting her ankle."
Regardless, in the sentence in question here, the deal isn't currently making the company the biggest manufacturer. It will do so, once the deal has officially closed.
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