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05 Aug 2015, 11:53
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The outspoken abolitionist senator Charles Sumner, after delivering a speech on the senate floor, was accosted by the Southerner Preston Brooks, who, outraged by Sumner’s words, bludgeoned the senator with a gutta-percha cane, which Brooks was able to do with impunity, due to a tradition holding that the laws of the United States did not obtain on the senate floor.
A) gutta-percha cane, which Brooks was able to do with impunity, due to a tradition holding that
B) gutta-percha cane, which Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition holding that
C) gutta-percha cane and was able to do this with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that
D) gutta-percha cane, being able to do so with impunity, based on a tradition that held that
E) gutta-percha cane, an action Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that
A) gutta-percha cane, which Brooks was able to do with impunity, due to a tradition holding that
B) gutta-percha cane, which Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition holding that
C) gutta-percha cane and was able to do this with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that
D) gutta-percha cane, being able to do so with impunity, based on a tradition that held that
E) gutta-percha cane, an action Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that
18 Oct 2016, 19:21
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First of all the appositive and absolute phrase are completely different things. The one in option E is an absolute phrase, not an appositive. The difference is as follows:
An appositive is a noun or a noun phrase modifying another noun:
John, the most brilliant student in the class, could not solve this problem.
Tabby, my cat, is ill.
An absolute phrase on the other hand has the structure noun+noun modifier, and it modifies the complete clause (not any particular noun) in some way:
Here, "an action (that) Brooks carried out with impunity..." is an absolute phrase (noun= an action, noun modifier (that) Brooks carried out..."), and this absolute phrase modifies the whole clause "who bludgeoned the senator".
Coming to your example: "a position" is an appositive modifier for "account manager", but this appositive is again modified a relative clause ( modifier of modifier - appositive modifiers are nouns themselves). Thus the example that you gave and the option E use different types of modifiers.
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05 Aug 2015, 22:06
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A) gutta-percha cane, which Brooks was able to do with impunity, due to a tradition holding that---- wrong as per relative pronoun touch rule
B) gutta-percha cane, which Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition holding that --- same as in A
C) gutta-percha cane and was able to do this with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that ---- able ‘to do this with’ ----- ‘this’ is a spoken language contextual ‘word’
D) gutta-percha cane, being able to do so with impunity, based on a tradition that held that --- being able is used as a modifier to modify Brooks ; wrong
E) gutta-percha cane, an action Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that, ----- The appositive noun modifier correctly describes the bludgeoning of the Senator by Brooks
B) gutta-percha cane, which Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition holding that --- same as in A
C) gutta-percha cane and was able to do this with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that ---- able ‘to do this with’ ----- ‘this’ is a spoken language contextual ‘word’
D) gutta-percha cane, being able to do so with impunity, based on a tradition that held that --- being able is used as a modifier to modify Brooks ; wrong
E) gutta-percha cane, an action Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that, ----- The appositive noun modifier correctly describes the bludgeoning of the Senator by Brooks
