IMO E. Next time please underline the option.
We need to use "seems", not "seem". And we should use "life-style" because "life-stlyes", not "aborigines" requires vast wild spaces".
What is the OA.

One more vote for E

The subject is disappearance hence we need seems and not seem.

Eliminate: A & D

In B 'requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods' modifies aborigines and not lifestyles.

Same with C. which incorrectly refers to aborigines.

Plus since the lifestyles still require and permit and hence since it indicates an ongoing action we need -ing form, requiring and permitting.

So choose E.

1. 'doomed' is redundant. A, B and C eliminated.
2. 'disappearance' is singular, hence 'seems' is correct. D eliminated.

IMO E.

But, to me, 'life-styles' in E is wrong.

OA is E. and reason given is ' Resumptive modifiers'...can any1 xplain wht the heck it is n how and where it is used...?

vivek.kapoor83 wrote:OA is E. and reason given is ' Resumptive modifiers'...can any1 xplain wht the heck it is n how and where it is used...?

Resumptive modifiers :roll:

vivek.kapoor83 wrote:In a crowded, acquisitive world, the disapperance of lifestyles such as those once followed by southern Africa's Bushmen and Australia's aborigines, requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed.
(B) requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
© which require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
(D) life-styles that require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seem inevitable
(E) life-stlyes requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems inevitable

Additonal input

seems and "to be" are the forms of being...you could easily eliminate B and C

A resumptive modifier repeats a key noun, verb, or adjective and then resumes the line of thought, elaborating on what went before. The effect is to let the reader pause for a moment, to consider the most significant part of the message, and then move on. It also helps resolve any problem the reader might have with ambiguous modifiers.

In E, lifestyles are repeated to have that effect

vivek.kapoor83 wrote:In a crowded, acquisitive world, the disapperance of lifestyles such as those once followed by southern Africa's Bushmen and Australia's aborigines, requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed.
(B) requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
© which require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
(D) life-styles that require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seem inevitable
(E) life-stlyes requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems inevitable

Hi Vivek,
Pls underline the part of the sentence which needs to be corrected. You are doing everyone a favor, coz marking the sentence properly would make people respond quickly.

thanks

Here is some useful info on resumptive modifiers. This website looks useful and pretty concise.

https://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ ... _modifiers

In a crowded, acquisitive world, the disapperance of lifestyles such as those once followed by southern Africa's Bushmen and Australia's aborigines, requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed.

(A)
b]Participle pharse refers to the the subject of preceding clause.
So this is refering to Disapperance of Lifestyles
Hence wrong[/b]

(B)
requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed

b]Participle pharse refers to the the subject of preceding clause.
So this is refering to Disapperance of Lifestyles
Hence wrong[/b]


(C) which require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed

Wrong which reference

(D) life-styles that require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seem inevitable

it Should be Seems not seem to refer to singular disapperance
(E) life-stlyes requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems inevitable

Correct