Sentence Correction

NandishSS wrote:A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell about half of its gold reserves and this raised fears of other countries that do the same and inundate the market.

A. reserves and this raised fears of other countries that
B. reserves, which, as a result, raised fears of other countries that
C. reserves, as a result, they feared that other countries would
D. reserves, with fears raised that other countries would
E. reserves, raising fears that other countries would

In A, this lacks a clear antecedent.
Eliminate A.

B: gold reserves, which...raised fears
Here, which seems to refer to gold reserves -- the nearest preceding noun phrase -- implying that GOLD RESERVES raised fears.
This meaning is nonsensical.
Eliminate B.

C: they feared that other countries would do the same
Here, they (plural) seems to refer to gold reserves -- the only preceding plural noun -- implying that GOLD RESERVES feared that other countries would do the same.
This meaning is nonsensical.
Eliminate C.

Generally, COMMA + with after a clause serves as an ADVERB modifying the nearest preceding action.
D: A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell about half of its gold reserves, with fears
Here, with fears seems to modify sell -- the nearest preceding action -- implying that the country will use FEARS to sell its gold reserves.
This meaning is nonsensical.
The intended meaning is that fears will RESULT from the sale of the gold reserves.
Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.

Md.Belal Hossain wrote:Sir,
Would you please shed some lights on different usages of "with"?

Check my posts here:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/the-results- ... 89062.html
https://www.beatthegmat.com/on-account-o ... 80820.html
https://www.beatthegmat.com/comma-with-m ... 01732.html

One more question,
Pls explain how did you get the implied meaning of " sell gold reserves, with fear" as " use fear to sell gold reserves".

To facilitate X = to make it easier X to happen.
The structure in D is as follows:
CLAUSE + COMMA + with + NOUN.
The implication of this structure is that the noun in blue facilitates the nearest preceding action.
D: A Swiss government panel recommended that the country sell about half of its gold reserves, with fears
Here, the implication is that the noun in blue facilitates the action in red.
Conveyed meaning;
FEARS make it easier for the country to SELL its shares.
Not the intended meaning.
As mentioned in my post above, the intended meaning is that fears are the RESULT of the action in red.
Eliminate D.