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The principal tried to calm the worried students' parents 04 May 2013, 01:12
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The principal tried to calm the worried students' parents, as a result of those students disappearing in the storm.

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The principal tried to calm the worried students' parents, as a result of those students disappearing in the storm.

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I don't know how far I can modify the sentence, but anyway:

The principal tried to calm down the parents of students who disappeared in the storm.

The principal tried to calm down the parents whose student children disappeared in the storm.
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The principal tried to calm the worried students' parents, as a result of those students disappearing in the storm.

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I don't know how far I can modify the sentence, but anyway:

The principal tried to calm down the parents of students who disappeared in the storm.

The principal tried to calm down the parents whose student children disappeared in the storm.
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Just need an opinion on the phrase "worried students' parents".Why this phrase isn't correct?

IMHO , worried (ADJ) Students's (ADJ) Parents(NOUN).So "worried" correctly modifies parents as per the pattern.

ADJ+ADJ+NOUN


The correct one as per MGMAT SC Guide is:

The principal tried to calm the worried parents of the students who had disappeared in
the storm.
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The correct one as per MGMAT SC Guide is:

The principal tried to calm the worried parents of the students who had disappeared in
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Yeah, was quite close. :)

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Just need an opinion on the phrase "worried students' parents".Why this phrase isn't correct?
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Does it sound clear to you? This is genitive case (the case denoting possession or close association). I think Manhattan SC mentions something like "you can't go too far inside the genitive", I don't remember precisely.

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Leave alone the second clause (please write if it's not clear, I'll try to help).
The first clause is ambiguous. Were the students worried or the parents? -> Grammatical error.

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