thangvietnam wrote:
ykaiim wrote:
With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees Fahrenheit, Jupiter's moon Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with 60 square miles of water thought to be frozen from top to bottom.
(A) Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, and with
(B) Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life, its
(C) Europa has long been considered as far too cold to support life and has
(D) Europa, long considered as far too cold to support life, and its
(E) Europa, long considered to be far too cold to support life, and to have
look at choice B, the OA. I have a problem with choice B
"with temparature..." can not be an adverbial phrase, which modifies the main clause because if the phrase is so, "temparature" can not refer to Europa, and, so, the sentence is not logic
if the phrase is adjectival, which modifies only Europa, its position is wrong
the men with nice hats learn gmat well
with nice hats, the men learn gmat well (this sentence is wrong)
with a pen , I write.
in the last sentence, with phrase shows a instrument used to do the main action. this is the only case, in which with phrase is at the beginning and is not an absolute phrase
but the setence 2 is wrong. sentence 2 is similar to choice B
so, choice B is wrong.
pls, comment, am i correct ?
thangvietnam , the better question stems from this statement: the official answer is B
and the official answer is correct..
How can I understand why B works in this construction?
If you were correct, then the official answer would be incorrect.
Please, rid yourself of the idea that official answers are incorrect.
I will let Ron Purewal tell you what you already know; please see
THIS POST, HERE.
Do you truly believe that a phrase describing extremely cold surfaces has nothing to do with a celestial body that is too cold to sustain life?
With + noun phrase is a modifier.
Forget the rules. (No, you are not correct about the rules, either.)
What does this modifier
say?
With surface temperatures estimated at minus 230 degrees FahrenheitThe surface temperatures of something are really cold.
What follows the intro phrase in (B)?
Jupiter's moon
Europa has long been considered far too cold to support life
• With + noun phrase (about
cold surface temperatures) modifies
• a moon named Europa that is
far too cold to support life.
The intro phrase describes the noun. The modifier is an adjectivial phrase.
I urge you to try this approach:
The official answer is correct.You believe that it is not.
You are wrong.Figure out why you are wrong.(For example, what erroneous analysis led you to believe that the intro phrase was adverbial?
Even better because too much focus on rules is getting in your way: B is correct. How can I connect the meaning of the first part to the meaning of another part?)
Come back and explain how you figured out what was wrong with your analysis as long as another poster has not done so already.
That sort of post might help someone who made a similar mistake.
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