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09 Oct 2019, 06:19
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Hello everyone, kindly assist me with these grammar rules for sentence correction.
Can which refer to gerund or adjective (ing form ) ?
a) Developing a silicone chip is very important, which may one day lead to faster computers. ( is this sentence correct grammatically? can which refer to developing correctly ? preferred form i am aware it has to be Abstract noun. A development that may one day lead to.. )
b) same question above.. is Abstract form: A development which may lead to or A Development that may lead to ? That is better since its specific ?
2. 50 One Liner Doubts. ( bellow all doubts from 50 one liners pdf, book attached on gmatclub forum aswell)
I am having problem in IIism (parallelism) in few sentences with regard to identifying adjectives with -ed , sort of feel like verb. Could you please explain me how i can quickly identify Adjectives over verb..i have read explanation aswell but not getting this part !
a) The new state highway, built in 2007 and extended for an additional five miles in 2009, is now the busiest road in the area. --> here, ―extended‖ is a past participle. ( again was taking it as verb but is actually adjective )
b) The state highway extended for fifty miles before it was razed in 1985. --> here, ―extended‖ is a past-tense verb
3. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and root-like tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
Here how is spawned adjective ? I think i might take it as verb. Is it adjective because talking about a quality of the organism ?
4. The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, determined by when the sun reached the observer‘s meridian and differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
I did not understand how determined and differing are adjectives and what they are modifying ?
5 Mumbai HOUSES 20 million people, the cultural capital of India, and has a lot of potential for a newcomer with dreams.
why do we need to make phase the cultural capital of India a clause by adding verb " is "? I was taking this as modifier ? Also can modifier have verb in it too ?
Thanks
Can which refer to gerund or adjective (ing form ) ?
a) Developing a silicone chip is very important, which may one day lead to faster computers. ( is this sentence correct grammatically? can which refer to developing correctly ? preferred form i am aware it has to be Abstract noun. A development that may one day lead to.. )
b) same question above.. is Abstract form: A development which may lead to or A Development that may lead to ? That is better since its specific ?
2. 50 One Liner Doubts. ( bellow all doubts from 50 one liners pdf, book attached on gmatclub forum aswell)
I am having problem in IIism (parallelism) in few sentences with regard to identifying adjectives with -ed , sort of feel like verb. Could you please explain me how i can quickly identify Adjectives over verb..i have read explanation aswell but not getting this part !
a) The new state highway, built in 2007 and extended for an additional five miles in 2009, is now the busiest road in the area. --> here, ―extended‖ is a past participle. ( again was taking it as verb but is actually adjective )
b) The state highway extended for fifty miles before it was razed in 1985. --> here, ―extended‖ is a past-tense verb
3. Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and root-like tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest.
Here how is spawned adjective ? I think i might take it as verb. Is it adjective because talking about a quality of the organism ?
4. The growth of the railroads led to the abolition of local times, determined by when the sun reached the observer‘s meridian and differing from city to city, and to the establishment of regional times.
I did not understand how determined and differing are adjectives and what they are modifying ?
5 Mumbai HOUSES 20 million people, the cultural capital of India, and has a lot of potential for a newcomer with dreams.
why do we need to make phase the cultural capital of India a clause by adding verb " is "? I was taking this as modifier ? Also can modifier have verb in it too ?
Thanks
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Originally posted by EducationAisle on 09 Oct 2019, 07:11.
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Basically which is a relative pronoun and so, will always refer to a noun and not to an adjective.
Since gerunds are nouns, which can refer to gerunds.
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This sentence is not great, for two reasons:
i) developing is way far from which
ii) which can also modify chip
Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses the usage of which, its application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
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that would be better, for the reason you've cited. On a side note, even if which is used, one would definitely expect a comma before which, in such cases.
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Definitely not a great sentence. It should be:
The new state highway, built in 2007 and extending for an additional five miles in 2009, is now the busiest road in the area.
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Correct.
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spawned is indeed a past participle here. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses a framework for distinguishing between Past participles and Verbs, its application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
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We don't need an is. However, the phrase (called an appositive here) should be close to Mumbai. So, the correct sentence should be:
Mumbai, the cultural capital of India, houses 20 million people and has a lot of potential for a newcomer with dreams.
09 Oct 2019, 22:22
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ty so much Ashish, your explanation helped a lot.. I have PMed you my email aswell, request you to send the section of the book ty
