Sentence Correction

e-GMAT wrote:@CaptainM, in this sentence, "with almost half going to US" modifies the preceding clause. The preceding clause makes the claim that Argentina has become the world's leading exporter of honey. It also presents the data supporting this - Argentina sells 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets. Now using the phrase "with almost half going to US", the author adds further detail to the sales made in the foreign markets.

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Thanks,

Payal

Please help me understand the ans choice E -

In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world's leading exporter of honey, selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going to the United States.


Main clause -

Argentina has become the world's leading exporter of honey
Subject: Argentina
Verb: has become

in ans choice E- the first -ing modifier will modify the previous clause - and mainly subject of that clause which is "Argentina" - I got this
"selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets"

But, in the second part of answer choice "with almost half going to the United States." - i dont understand what should this modify.- My understanding says - "going to the united states." is also modifying "Argentina" - which is wrong. Because ""selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets"" is not a clause.

Hello ,
@ E-gmat instructor (Payal): please help to clarify a doubt.

why is choice D wrong?[because IT clearly has no other antecedent apart from Honey. also the clause after AND seems to be an independent clause]
Also,
Does "with almost half going to US" modifies "selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets" ? [is the prep phrase modifying the VERBing modifier "selling ..."]OR
is it modifying "the claim...." ? If it is modifying the claim , should it not have an and just after the comma?... because then two modifiers would be parallel ( setting up a list)

atulmangal wrote:In little more than a decade, Argentina has become the world's leading exporter of honey, with
nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going to the United States.
A. with nearly 90,000 tons a year sold to foreign markets, almost half of which going
B. with the sale of nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it that goes
C. with the sale to foreign markets of nearly 90,000 tons a year, with almost half of it going
D. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, and almost half of it goes
E. selling nearly 90,000 tons a year to foreign markets, with almost half going

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THIS is hard .
in A, which shows that we need a clause, no clause here, so, a is wrong
in B, I think we need the second "with" before "almost" but no with sentense is accepatable. I dislike this problem and because this problem is not official, I do not want to focus on this choice
in C, we need clearly the second "with". C is wrong
in D, "almost half goes" is parallel with the main clause. this is not logic

Hi,

comma + with modifier presents more information about the preceding clause. In Opn A , it exactly does the same by providing more information about the clause. Can someone tell me why 'comma + with modifier' is wrong in Opn A?

with+noun can work as an adverb of the main clause.
in A, B and C, it is unclear that what is the sale. whose sale ? who sold.?

choice D and E make clear that the subject, Achentina sell. so,the meaning is clear.