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by Excel » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:30 pm
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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by theCEO » Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:25 pm
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.
"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.

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.
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