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by Blue_Skies » Sun Jun 09, 2013 3:19 pm
Even though surrounded by wild southern winds, local fishermen said that conditions on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting was acceptable.

A) local fishermen said that conditions on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting was acceptable.
B) the sea conditions during the shrimp hunting were acceptable according to local fishermen.
C) according to local fishermen, the sea was in acceptable condition during the time of the shrimp hunting.
D) the sea was in acceptable condition during the shrimp hunting, according to local fishermen.
E) local fishermen said that condition on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting were acceptable.

Please help me here, what does opening modifer refer to? Is it the sea or the fisherman. I though it is the fisherman ?
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by race2mba » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:51 am
Ask the Question , What was Surrounded by Wild Southern Winds...Is it Sea or Fisher man.....You will agree with Sea.

Now we have B and D , out of which D is correct because of the Voice and tense.

Moreover, there are S?V agreement erors in A and E

E) local fishermen said that condition on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting was acceptable.

A) local fishermen said that conditions on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting was acceptable.

Also One differnet way you can answer this question is by reading from last as given below

According to local fishermen,Even though surrounded by wild southern winds, the sea was in acceptable condition during the shrimp hunting.

Only answer D evaluated to true and is the right answer.[spoiler][/spoiler]
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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:59 am
Blue_Skies wrote:Even though surrounded by wild southern winds, local fishermen said that conditions on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting was acceptable.

A) local fishermen said that conditions on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting was acceptable.
B) the sea conditions during the shrimp hunting were acceptable according to local fishermen.
C) according to local fishermen, the sea was in acceptable condition during the time of the shrimp hunting.
D) the sea was in acceptable condition during the shrimp hunting, according to local fishermen.
E) local fishermen said that condition on the sea at the time of the shrimp hunting were acceptable.

Please help me here, what does opening modifer refer to? Is it the sea or the fisherman. I though it is the fisherman ?

something isnt right in this question. Whats the source?
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