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by selango » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:17 pm
Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg in a passionate account that stunned listeners.

A. Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg in a passionate account that stunned listeners.

B. In a passionate account that stunned listeners, Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report, being on the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg.

C. The only live radio report was broadcast by Herbert Morrison, a passionate account that stunned listeners, from the scene of the fire destroying the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg.

D. Broadcasting the only live radio report, Herbert Morrison passionately accounted the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg to stunned listeners.

E. In a passionate account that stunned listeners, Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg.

OA after some discussion.
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by karanrulz4ever » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:27 pm
IMO E.

D changes the meaning ever so slightly.
C has modifier issue.
A and B use "in a passionate account" which is not right and conveys an awkward meaning.
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by selango » Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:16 pm
karanrulz4ever wrote:IMO E.

D changes the meaning ever so slightly.
C has modifier issue.
A and B use "in a passionate account" which is not right and conveys an awkward meaning.
Dude...

Option E also uses the same "In the passionate account" usage.
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by [email protected] » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:31 pm
IMO-E

A- wordy /meaning
B- being
C- for me ing seems continue action here we are talking about past report/passive as well
D- to stunned listeners change slightly the meaning seems awkward to me.
E- Correct...

can any one please explain the modifier only...what only modifies
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by shovan85 » Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:34 am
IMO D

I think this is the fire that stunned the listener.
Herbert Morrison broad cast it passionately.
There is only one live radio report for this accident.

I believe that this statement implies "Herbert Morrison reported passionately to (already) stunned listeners (people)". So the meaning stays intact.
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by gmat_perfect » Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:22 am
selango wrote:Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg in a passionate account that stunned listeners.

A. Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg in a passionate account that stunned listeners.

B. In a passionate account that stunned listeners, Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report, being on the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg.

C. The only live radio report was broadcast by Herbert Morrison, a passionate account that stunned listeners, from the scene of the fire destroying the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg.

D. Broadcasting the only live radio report, Herbert Morrison passionately accounted the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg to stunned listeners.

E. In a passionate account that stunned listeners, Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg.

OA after some discussion.
B, C, and E can be eliminated on the basis of Dangling Modifier. In D, "to the stunned listeners" seems problematic. It seems that the listeners are already stunned. I think the intended meaning of the sentence is "the account made the listeners stunned"

Answer: A.
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by selango » Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:00 am
OA E
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by sumit.sinha » Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:02 am
selango wrote:Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg in a passionate account that stunned listeners.

A. Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg in a passionate account that stunned listeners. -- WRONG. It intend to mean that the fire destroyed Zeppelin in a passionate account but in actual Herbert gave a passionate account of the fire.

B. In a passionate account that stunned listeners, Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report, being on the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg. -- WRONG. Incorrect use of being.

C. The only live radio report was broadcast by Herbert Morrison, a passionate account that stunned listeners, from the scene of the fire destroying the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg. - WRONG. the modifier "a passionate account that stunned listeners" incorrectly modifies Herbert Morrison.

D. Broadcasting the only live radio report, Herbert Morrison passionately accounted the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg to stunned listeners. WRONG. Changes the meaning. Herbert Morrison itself didnt account for the scene of fire, rather Herbert Morrison gave an account of the scene of fire.

E. In a passionate account that stunned listeners, Herbert Morrison broadcast the only live radio report from the scene of the fire that destroyed the German Zeppelin the Hindenburg. - CORRECT. the modifier " In a passionate account that stunned listeners' correctly modifies Herbert Morrison.

OA after some discussion.
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by selango » Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:29 am
Narrows down to A and E.

Note that in this sentence the prepositional phrase acts as an adverb and does not modify 'Herbert Morrison'. The phrase "In a passionate account that stunned listeners" should modify "'broadcast'.

But in A the phrase modifies 'destroyed' which is wrong.

So E is correct.
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by pzazz12 » Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:55 am
selango wrote:Narrows down to A and E.

Note that in this sentence the prepositional phrase acts as an adverb and does not modify 'Herbert Morrison'. The phrase "In a passionate account that stunned listeners" should modify "'broadcast'.

But in A the phrase modifies 'destroyed' which is wrong.

So E is correct.
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by gmatdriller » Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:22 pm
E. In a passionate account that stunned listeners, Herbert Morrison broadcast the
only live radio report

Does "In a passionate account..." modify Herbert Morrison or the verb "broadcast"?
I understand the modifying subject should be as close as possible to the modifying
phrase; so, "Herbert Morrison" should be the subject.

Compare to:
Broadcasting the only live radio report..." Herbert Morrison gave a vivid account of .....

How does this later situation differ from the former on the basis of subject and modifier
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by MM_Ed » Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:28 pm
E.
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by gmatdriller » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:58 am
Hmmm no one has responded to my query.
Well, I agree with the rest of the posters that the OA should be E.
D is at least wrong for 2 reasons: says "Herbert Morrison passionately
accounted the scene..." this is wrong in my opinion. He did not
accounted the scene; rather, he gave an account of the scene.
Further, and as maintained in the original stem, the account "stunned" listeners
not that he gave the speech to already stunned listeners.
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by LalaB » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:52 pm
E seems the best
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by prashant misra » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:10 am
i chose the answer option E but it seems to be incorrect as the answer provided by shovan is option D.his explanation seems to be more appropriate but i need to understand it.
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