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15 Aug 2014, 10:05
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Correct: I put the cake that I baked by the window.
Incorrect: I put the cake by the window that I baked.
Obviously the second sentence is wrong as you cannot bake a window. However, Is "by the window" a modifier? Or is "that I baked" a modifier?
The reason I am asking is because, in GMAT Ultimate grammar book I read that modifiers answer the questions where? when? or how?
That I baked answers none of those questions, and this fact really confuses me.
Please help.
Thank you.
Incorrect: I put the cake by the window that I baked.
Obviously the second sentence is wrong as you cannot bake a window. However, Is "by the window" a modifier? Or is "that I baked" a modifier?
The reason I am asking is because, in GMAT Ultimate grammar book I read that modifiers answer the questions where? when? or how?
That I baked answers none of those questions, and this fact really confuses me.
Please help.
Thank you.
15 Aug 2014, 14:07
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Dear bytatia,
I'm happy to respond.
First of all, this content question should not be posted in the "Ask GMAT Experts" forum. This forum is for general questions of strategy, study schedules, etc. For specific content questions, please use the content forums: this is a grammar question, and so belongs in the Sentence Correction forum.
I believe you are missing the distinction of noun modifiers vs. verb modifiers. Noun modifiers modify only nouns, and they obey the Modifier Touch Rule. In this sentence, "that I baked" is an noun modifier, an adjectival clause. It answers an adjective question: which cake?
See:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/modifiers- ... orrection/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... d-clauses/
Verb modifiers can modify the action of a verb or the action of an entire clause. Verb modifiers are not bound by the "Touch Rule" and can be placed with considerably more liberty in different places in the sentence. In this sentence "by the window" is a verb modifier, an adverbial phrase. It answers an adverb question: where did the putting happen? where was the cake put?
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... d-clauses/
Does all this make sense?
Mike
