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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:37 pm
RBBmba@2014 wrote:
Hi Mitch,
I'd request a few clarifications on this SC qs. -

1. Is it an Official question ? (I guess, it's not an OG question!)
Not sure.
2. From your explanation, it seems that a resultative adjective doesn't ALWAYS appear IMMEDIATELY after the noun that it modifies, as it's in this case. Right ?
A resultative adjective need not immediately follow the noun that it modifies.
The walls were painted yellow.
Here, yellow is a resultative adjective serving to describe the WALLS after they WERE PAINTED.
3. Even if we use 'flatly' here, then how it could be wrong grammatically(and logically as well) unless it's an official questions and GMAC wants B to be the OA ? It seems to have a bit debatable OA. Could you please explain this aspect!
flatly means conveyed FIRMLY or WITHOUT EMOTION.
It generally serves to modify how someone SPEAKS.
John FLATLY DENIES that he ate the cookie.
Conveyed meaning:
John FIRMLY DENIES that he ate the cookie.
It is not possible to PACK flatly.
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by RBBmba@2014 » Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:03 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote:
RBBmba@2014 wrote:2. From your explanation, it seems that a resultative adjective doesn't ALWAYS appear IMMEDIATELY after the noun that it modifies, as it's in this case. Right ?
A resultative adjective need not immediately follow the noun that it modifies.
The walls were painted yellow.
Here, yellow is a resultative adjective serving to describe the WALLS after they WERE PAINTED.
Hi Mitch - thanks for your clarifications.

A quick question on the above - is there any other way EXCEPT context/meaning to determine/spot resultative adjective in SC qs ?
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by RBBmba@2014 » Sat Apr 11, 2015 9:32 pm
Hi Mitch,
Could you please share your thoughts on my immediate above post ?

Much thanks in advance.
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:05 am
RBBmba@2014 wrote:
GMATGuruNY wrote:
RBBmba@2014 wrote:2. From your explanation, it seems that a resultative adjective doesn't ALWAYS appear IMMEDIATELY after the noun that it modifies, as it's in this case. Right ?
A resultative adjective need not immediately follow the noun that it modifies.
The walls were painted yellow.
Here, yellow is a resultative adjective serving to describe the WALLS after they WERE PAINTED.
Hi Mitch - thanks for your clarifications.

A quick question on the above - is there any other way EXCEPT context/meaning to determine/spot resultative adjective in SC qs ?
A resultative adjective appears AFTER a verb and serves to modify the noun that receives the ACTION of the verb.
John painted the wall yellow.
Here, yellow (resultative adjective) appears after painted (verb) and serves to modify the wall (the noun that receives the painting action).
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