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by real2008 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:51 am
The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(B) To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(C) The only eyewitness account is in two letters by the nephew of Pliny the Elder writing to the historian Tacitus an account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
(D) Writing the only eyewitness account, Pliny the Elder’s nephew accounted for the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.
(E) In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.


Why not A?
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by real2008 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:32 am
No reply!!!! where r the experts?
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by gmat740 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 4:15 am
Well I am not an expert, but here is my 2 cents
(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus
This is a Dangling Modifier Problem. It can be corrected by :
(E) In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
IMO-E
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by real2008 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:05 am
Oh! Thanks Karan. I now understand the problem in choice A.
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