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by rahuljones1 » Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:14 am
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 ??

OA D
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by ritish » Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:03 am
is the answer D...?
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by Saurabhjain » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:32 am
yes teh answer is D. Its an OG question
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by amit_unlimited » Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:16 am
(A) resulting from the destruction of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria,
['modifier problem' In A.D. 391, resulting from]
['illogical' ancient world at Alexandria]
(B) the destroying of the largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria resulted and
['not two different incidents' Alexandria resulted and]
(C) because of the result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,
['redundant' because of the result of]
(D) as a result of the destruction of the library at Alexandria, the largest of the ancient world,
[correct]
(E) Alexandria’s largest library of the ancient world was destroyed, and the result was
['not two different incidents' was destroyed, and the result was]
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:16 am
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 ??

OA D
Can someone please tell about the highlighted in the above post please ?
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by kanha81 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:23 pm
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 ??

OA D
A tip: Avoid because of whenever possible.

Because of X
As a result of X

As a result of X is almost ALWAYS preferred in GMATLAND over Because of X.
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:53 pm
kanha81 wrote: A tip: Avoid because of whenever possible.

Because of X
As a result of X

As a result of X is almost ALWAYS preferred in GMATLAND over Because of X.
Can you please elaborate on this....?

I have seen couple of questions in OG where the correct answer is "because of"...although over there as far as I remember the split is not between "because of" and "as a result of"....can you please point to a problem where the "because of" is preferred over "as a result of" ?

Basically what I have learned till date is:

1. Because of = On account of....

takes this form
because of X, Y
X = noun/noun phrase.
Y = complete sentence.

2. Because X, Y
X, Y = both complete sentences.

3. Between "Resulting in" and "As a result of"....
GMAT prefers "As a result of"...

Please correct if I my understanding is wrong.
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by vineetbatra » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:30 pm
Can some one please explain

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

What is the rule with this modifier?
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by farooq » Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:17 am
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 ??

OA D

The "later generation lost....something" because the library at Alexandria(the largest of the ancient wrold) was distructed.

In A, resulting from the....is modifying later generation. In real sentence there is a cause and effect.

because of the distruction of the largest libraby, the lagest of the ancient world, later generations lost....

we can see this construction in C, but C also contains "the result of" that is redundanct.

Therefore alternative choice is D.

Tough to point out Grammatical Error :( But while reading choices only D looks Ok. Sometimes Guessing is also important in SC.
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by tanviet » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:44 pm
thank you. this is from OG10. a great question

relation between 2 clauses in a sentence is tested. causal relationship or separate actions.

this is causal relationship. So, D is right and E is wrong.
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by chrispy » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:46 pm
vineetbatra wrote:Can some one please explain

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

What is the rule with this modifier?
I think since "at Alexandria" is a prepositional phrase, you're supposed to just go with knowing that the appositive modifies "the library" since that is the main noun and "at Alexandria" is also modifying that noun. Perhaps not the best phrasing, but D is definitely the correct answer.
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by sanjaysmart » Wed Dec 16, 2009 11:53 pm
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.
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by mmslf75 » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:52 am
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
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by frank1 » Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:39 am
I made mistake with this sentence today....
i also feel E is correct answer
as D change the meaning
as from the original sentence
library at Alexandria is not the largest in the world
it is
largest library of the ancient world at Alexandria
(largest of alexandria)

well after we know D is what og says,we can dig many reasons,
but i think that problem with the option D cannot be denied....
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by sharkin » Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:41 am
If In the option C, we replace - "because of the result of" with just "because of" -
How about C being a correct answer now and can we still mark D as the better answer??
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