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COMMA +DOING MODYFY NOUN, WHY.

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by tanviet » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:31 am
We know that comma+doing modify preceding clause. However, in the following problem, from OG11, comma+doing is modifying a preceding noun.

pls, help.

For members of the seventeenth century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.

A) a method to protect
B) as a method protecting
C) protecting
D) as a protection of
E) to protect

oa is C.
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by GmatKiss » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:27 am
Please try to post the question first and then the query.
Also please underline the part of the question under study.
Please reveal OA only with spoiler
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by tanviet » Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:09 am
We know that comma+doing modify preceding clause. However, in the following problem, from OG11, comma+doing is modifying a preceding noun.

pls, help.

For members of the seventeenth century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment,// a method to protect// warriors against enemy arrows and spears.

A) a method to protect
B) as a method protecting
C) protecting
D) as a protection of
E) to protect

oa is C.
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