In A.D. 391, .........

mmslf75 wrote:

sanjaysmart wrote:In A.D. 391, resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria, later generations lost all but the Iliad and Odyssey among Greek epics, most of the poetry of Pindar and Sappho, and dozens of plays by Aeschylus and Euripides.
(A) resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria,
(B) the destroying of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria resulted and
(C) because of the result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,
(D) as a result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,
(E) Alexandria's largest library of the ancient world was destroyed, and the result was

In C/D -doesn't 'the largest of the ancient world' modifies Alexandria ??
With regard to the question above: When the appositive follows a noun phrase (the library at Alexandria) the appositive must modify the head noun of the noun phrase (library) so there is no modification error.

guys,

correct me if I am wrong..

here in D
library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,

at is preposition so ignore that part.. LIBRARY refers to LARGEST OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

rahuljones1 wrote:In A.D. 391, resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria, later generations lost all but the Iliad and Odyssey among Greek epics, most of the poetry of Pindar and Sappho, and dozens of plays by Aeschylus and Euripides.
(A) resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria,
(B) the destroying of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria resulted and
(C) because of the result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,
(D) as a result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,
(E) Alexandria�s largest library of the ancient world was destroyed, and the result was

In C/D -doesn't 'the largest of the ancient world' modifies Alexandria ??

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