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by gauravgundal » Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:51 am
Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.

(A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only
(B) In 1905, Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly, traveling the back roads of Hungary, began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were only armed
(C) In 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only
(D) Having traveled the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology; they were only armed
(E) Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly, in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary, arming themselves only


Please explain me the correct answer with proper reasoning.

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[spoiler]OA : C[/spoiler]

How it can be a correct one . "traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only"
It seems The back roads are armed only or armed with ..
Please correct me if I am wrong .
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by Phirozz » Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:47 pm
with is there is nonunderlined part. armed only with... is fine
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by akhpad » Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:22 am
Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.

(A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only

"Traveling the back roads of Hungary" incorrectly refers to "in 1905"

(B) In 1905, Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly, traveling the back roads of Hungary, began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were only armed

"traveling ..... " is a comma+Ving modifier and it is incorrectly used.

(C) In 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only

"traveling .... " is a comma+Ving modifier and I believe that it is correct.

(D) Having traveled the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology; they were only armed

"Having traveled the back roads of Hungary" incorrectly refers to "in 1905"

(E) Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly, in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary, arming themselves only

If I consider "in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology" a sub-clause, then "Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly traveling ..... " is incorrect.
If I consider "traveling ..... " a comma+Ving modifier then this wrong.
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by paes » Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:24 am
Not sure between B and C.
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by beat_gmat_09 » Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:37 am
I dont see any option choice following the modifier rules.
Can anyone from the experts explain this SC.
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by loveusonu » Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:42 am
Akhilesh is correct in explainining all the answers, except B.

The main difference between B & C is 'Armed only' and 'only Armed'
The meaning in C is what sentence intend to say. i.e I am armed only with X Not with any other tools\things.
While in B: I am only armed with X Not anything Not armless or...

Also the positioning of 2 modifiers in back to back is less preferable as explained Stacey earlier.
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by ssgmatter » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:50 am
Guys please explain why B is wrong or right here with reasons

I am stuck between B and C
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by martin.jonson007 » Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:02 am
B is not only awkward and messy (so many modifier)

BUT ALSO

First half sentence is in active voive and other half is in passive voice....

IMO C
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by Onell » Sun Jun 19, 2011 4:05 am
martin.jonson007 wrote:B is not only awkward and messy (so many modifier)

BUT ALSO

First half sentence is in active voive and other half is in passive voice....

IMO C
In 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology,
1) traveling the back roads of Hungary
2) armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.

Here 1. seems to modify began & 2. seems to modify Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly. However, there is no COMMA OR AND between these two phrases.Furthermore how can armed... modify the subject of the previous clause Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly....Please help me understand it thanks
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by Dhananjay85 » Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:33 am
A and D have wrong usage of modifiers and they do not seem to be refering to the correct "subjects" they want to modify.E is a right away reject for me as it has misplaced modifiers.
B does not have a parallel construction.( See the parts before and after and). C has correct modifiers and is coherent in its construct.
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