challenger63 wrote:I correctly answered the question below, but it could be interesting for other members.

So heavy were the storm's rains and hailstones, and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless, the city took nearly a decade to recover from the monumental hurricane that affected not just a region, but an entire nation.

(A) and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless,
(B) and the gale-force wind gusts were relentless, so that
(C) its gusts of gale-force wind relentless, that
(D) the gale-force winds were gusting so relentlessly,
(E) so relentless its gusts of gale-force wind, that

Source: VeritasPrep

OA will be latter.

hemant_rajput wrote:i feel that something is wrong with option C

shouldn't it be like this, "its relentless gusts of gale-force wind , that"?

challenger63 wrote:I correctly answered the question below, but it could be interesting for other members.

So heavy were the storm's rains and hailstones, and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless, the city took nearly a decade to recover from the monumental hurricane that affected not just a region, but an entire nation.

(A) and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless,
>>misplaced relentless; it should be like "and its relentless gusts of gale-force wind ". Also, "that" is missing from the sentence, which need to emphasize the next clause

(B) and the gale-force wind gusts were relentless, so that
>>wrong usage of "so that"; It makes next sentence very awkward and bizarre.

(C) its gusts of gale-force wind relentless, that
>> same as A.

(D) the gale-force winds were gusting so relentlessly,

>>passive construction. Also the tense is now present continuous.

(E) so relentless its gusts of gale-force wind, that

>> correct.

Source: VeritasPrep

OA will be latter.

Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey All,

A few weird things in people's explanations here, so I wanted to weigh in.

So heavy were the storm's rains and hailstones, and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless, the city took nearly a decade to recover from the monumental hurricane that affected not just a region, but an entire nation.

(A) and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless,
(B) and the gale-force wind gusts were relentless, so that
(C) its gusts of gale-force wind relentless, that
(D) the gale-force winds were gusting so relentlessly,
(E) so relentless its gusts of gale-force wind, that

(A) In this answer choice, we never get the "that" required by the idiom. Also, the underlined portion creates something like an independent clause, so it's basically a run-on sentence from there on.

(B) Again, we don't get the "that" required by the idiom, but "so that," which isn't correct.

(C) While this hints at being a legal absolute modifier, it doesn't parallel with the opening idiom very well (so X that Y). On a purely grammatical level, you could probably make a case for it, but it's nowhere near as good as E. [Iceman, this is my point on absolute modifiers...this could technically be considered correct! Icky!]

(D) Someone said there was a passive construction here, but there isn't. It's simply a past progressive tense. It's wrong because we're missing the "that" part of the idiom, and we also seem to have created a full independent clause by the end of the underline, making the sentence something of a run-on.

Good work everyone!

-t

Tommy Wallach wrote:Hey All,

A few weird things in people's explanations here, so I wanted to weigh in.

So heavy were the storm's rains and hailstones, and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless, the city took nearly a decade to recover from the monumental hurricane that affected not just a region, but an entire nation.

(A) and its gusts of gale-force wind were relentless,
(B) and the gale-force wind gusts were relentless, so that
(C) its gusts of gale-force wind relentless, that
(D) the gale-force winds were gusting so relentlessly,
(E) so relentless its gusts of gale-force wind, that

(A) In this answer choice, we never get the "that" required by the idiom. Also, the underlined portion creates something like an independent clause, so it's basically a run-on sentence from there on.

(B) Again, we don't get the "that" required by the idiom, but "so that," which isn't correct.

(C) While this hints at being a legal absolute modifier, it doesn't parallel with the opening idiom very well (so X that Y). On a purely grammatical level, you could probably make a case for it, but it's nowhere near as good as E. [Iceman, this is my point on absolute modifiers...this could technically be considered correct! Icky!]

(D) Someone said there was a passive construction here, but there isn't. It's simply a past progressive tense. It's wrong because we're missing the "that" part of the idiom, and we also seem to have created a full independent clause by the end of the underline, making the sentence something of a run-on.

Good work everyone!

-t