Congress

Question

Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress that made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., also established the Library of Congress.

A.Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress that made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., also established
B.The act of Congress, which was approved April 24, 1800, making provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., also established
C.The act of Congress approved April 24, 1800, which made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., and established
D.Approved April 24, 1800, making provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., the act of Congress also established
E.Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D.C., also establishing

Plz. explain.....

Mani_mba · Answer

I would choose A. B - "the act of congress making provision for the removal ..... " is awkward c - "which" refers to inappropriate noun d - modifier error e - "also establishing..." not convincing.

Bidisha800 · Answer

Easy (A) I can explain but people do not like grammar so what's the use ?

stop@800 · Answer

Bidisha800 wrote:Easy (A) I can explain but people do not like grammar so what's the use ? Please explain, I would be more than happy to receive your valuable suggestions.

stop@800 · Answer

one query: I think Approved April 24, 1800 should be Approved on April 24, 1800

raunekk · Answer

imo A OA??

kris610 · Answer

stop@800 wrote:one query: I think Approved April 24, 1800 should be Approved on April 24, 1800 Stop: Approved April...is fine. You don't need the preposition "on".

dsn1582 · Answer

Here you need to think about two areas. 1) modifier 2) Parallelism 1) Modifier - what is approved on April? (the act of Congress) 2) Made and Established..

pandeyvineet24 · Answer

A for me too.

B) changes the tense of the sentence from Past to Present. Parallelism issue here "making..... also established "
C) Which does not have a clear antecedent noun
D) Modifier problem
E) made provision seems to refers to congress instead of the act, also made provision not prallel with also establishing

mbaapplicant2008 · Answer

I will go with A, too

logitech · Answer

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ssgmatter · Answer

why B is wrong/right here?>

ssgmatter · Answer

I think B is wrong because comma -ING modifier is refering to the phrase before the comma which is the incorrect reference am i correct?

kevincanspain · Answer

What do we know about the Act of Congress? It was approved (on) April 24, 1800 and it made provision for the removal of the capital. It also established the L. of C.

B puts the first two facts between the Act of Congress and the third fact. The trouble is that B inserts a non-restrictive clause before a participle that modifies the subject. As you correctly said, the participial phrase 'making provision' is too far away from the Act of Congress. You should be wary of constructions that have more than one phrase between the subject and the verb!

Kevin Armstrong
GMAT Instructor
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Madrid

paes · Answer

Kevin,

making provision is too far : this is one fact

but the basic thing is that 'making provision' is a adverbial modifier.

It cannot modify to a noun 'The act of congress'

Please correct me if my understanding is wrong.

A similar doubt is coming on another post :

https://www.beatthegmat.com/help-with-mo ... tml#261155

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