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Hi ReedArnoldMPREP GMATGuruNY - this question was in Manhattan CAT 6 so its not official
But, I thought the OA : (E) had a precise meaning problem.
Is the subject "Richard Feynman" physically "IN THE COURSE"
No
Hence - based on literal meaning -- i knocked out (E) and chose (A)
But, I thought the OA : (E) had a precise meaning problem.
Is the subject "Richard Feynman" physically "IN THE COURSE"
No
Hence - based on literal meaning -- i knocked out (E) and chose (A)
Quote:
analogy :
In a war, People die
In a fight, People get hurt
In a
In all of these simpler analogies -- people are ACTUALLY / PHYSICALLY IN a war . Phyiscally IN a fight
In a war, People die
In a fight, People get hurt
In a
In all of these simpler analogies -- people are ACTUALLY / PHYSICALLY IN a war . Phyiscally IN a fight
I think this is just a bit too literal! Certain turns-of-phrase are conventional, even if they don't literally work.
And, more importantly, the preposition opening modifies the SUBJECT-VERB, not just the SUBJECT. So the opening modifier explains where Richard Feynman presented an introduction to physics.
If the sentence said "Richard Feynman in a course designed for undergraduate students presented a comprehensive introduction to modern physics."
That would be wrong, because now, yeah, Richard Feynman is just... *in* a course. Doesn't seem right.
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Hi ReedArnoldMPREP GMATGuruNY - this question was in Manhattan CAT 6 so its not official
But, I thought the OA : (E) had a precise meaning problem.
Is the subject "Richard Feynman" physically "IN THE COURSE"
No
Hence - based on literal meaning -- i knocked out (E) and chose (A)
Hence - unless the subject can 'physically' be WITHIN the opening modifier - the sentence wont make sense.
Hence I knocked out (E) because Richard Feynman is NOT PHYSICALLY in the 2 year course obviously. Richard Feynman just teaches the 2 year course.
But, I thought the OA : (E) had a precise meaning problem.
Is the subject "Richard Feynman" physically "IN THE COURSE"
No
Hence - based on literal meaning -- i knocked out (E) and chose (A)
Quote:
analogy :
In a war, People die
In a recession, employees are laid off
In a spaceship, astronauts eat nothing.
In all of these simpler analogies -- people are ACTUALLY / PHYSICALLY IN a war . People ARE PHYISCALLY / GOING THROUGH a recession / Astronauts are physically IN A SPACESHIP.
In a war, People die
In a recession, employees are laid off
In a spaceship, astronauts eat nothing.
In all of these simpler analogies -- people are ACTUALLY / PHYSICALLY IN a war . People ARE PHYISCALLY / GOING THROUGH a recession / Astronauts are physically IN A SPACESHIP.
Hence - unless the subject can 'physically' be WITHIN the opening modifier - the sentence wont make sense.
Hence I knocked out (E) because Richard Feynman is NOT PHYSICALLY in the 2 year course obviously. Richard Feynman just teaches the 2 year course.
This line of reasoning is invalid.
Generally, an introductory prepositional phrase serves not as an adjective modifying the following subject but as an ADVERB modifying the VERB in the following clause.
E: In a two-year course designed for undergraduate students, the physicist Richard Feynman presented a comprehensive introduction to modern physics.
Here, the phrase in blue serves to modify presented -- the verb in the following clause -- expressing WHERE Richard Feynman PRESENTED the introduction.
WHERE did Richard present the introduction?
He presented it IN A TWO-YEAR COURSE.
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