I encountered a question that has been answered in one of the GMAT instructional study guides, but not sure if the answer is correct. The question: Unaccustomed to the rigors of college life, James's grades dropped.
The answer: Unaccustomed to the rigors of college life, James allowed his grades to drop. I believe the answer should be the same as the question. Thanks.
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"Unaccustomed to the rigors of college life" is describing an action that a person perform, therefore it has to describe a subject that is a person.Excel wrote:I encountered a question that has been answered in one of the GMAT instructional study guides, but not sure if the answer is correct. The question: Unaccustomed to the rigors of college life, James's grades dropped.
The answer: Unaccustomed to the rigors of college life, James allowed his grades to drop. I believe the answer should be the same as the question. Thanks.
In the sentence, "Unaccustomed to the rigors of college life, James's grades dropped", "James's grade" is the subject which is not a person. Therefore this sentence is wrong because we have an action that a person do describing a non-person.
In the sentence, "Unaccustomed to the rigors of college life, James allowed his grades to drop", James is the subject and the modifier describes an action that a person does, therefore this sence is correct.
