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by prachich1987 » Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:11 am
Based on accounts of several witnesses, the prosecuting attorneys formulated a compelling case that, in their opinion, detailed the events of the night in question; the press speculated that a "guilty" verdict was likely.

A. Based on accounts of several witnesses
B. Basing it on several witnesses' accounts
C. With accounts of several witnesses used for a basis
D. By the accounts of several witnesses they used
E. Using accounts of various witnesses
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by chinmayaiitr » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:05 am
The underlined phrase is a modifier; it is used as an adjective to describe the noun that immediately follows it. In this case, the phrase incorrectly modifies "the prosecuting attorneys", which doesn't make any sense.

A - The underlined phrase incorrectly modifies the noun

B - It doesn't have a clear reference

C, D - wordy and awkward

E - This phrase correctly modifies the noun. Hence, this should be the correct answer
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by prachich1987 » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:12 am
chinmayaiitr wrote:The underlined phrase is an modifier; it is used as an adjective to describe the noun that immediately follows it. In this case, the phrase incorrectly modifies "the prosecuting attorneys", which doesn't make any sense.

A - The underlined phrase incorrectly modifies the noun

B - It doesn't have a clear reference

C, D - wordy and awkward

E - This phrase correctly modifies the noun. Hence, this should be the correct answer
Yes the OA is E
Same explanation was provided by Kaplan
But I still don't understand whats wrong with A
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by kapur.arnav » Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:34 am
prachich1987 wrote:Based on accounts of several witnesses, the prosecuting attorneys formulated a compelling case that, in their opinion, detailed the events of the night in question; the press speculated that a "guilty" verdict was likely.

A. Based on accounts of several witnesses
B. Basing it on several witnesses' accounts
C. With accounts of several witnesses used for a basis
D. By the accounts of several witnesses they used
E. Using accounts of various witnesses
Based on accounts of several witnesses, the prosecuting attorneys.... the prosecuting attorneys cant be based on accounts... thats the error with A... they used the accounts...

the prosecuting attorneys used the accounts to formulate is correct...
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by uwhusky » Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:53 am
Let me modify A slightly to make it possibly correct.

"Based on accounts of several witnesses, the real story of what actually happened will finally be told."

The real story was based on accounts of several witnesses.

In A: "Based on accounts of several witnesses, the prosecuting attorneys...," flip flopping the modifier would make it nonsensical:

"The prosecuting attorneys was based on accounts of several witnesses..."
Yep.
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