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by chaitanya.mehrotra » Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:31 pm
After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

A)attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
B)attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
C)attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
D)attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
E)attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

Doubt: Offcial exp is "The original sentence expresses the main verb "attended" in the past tense and the two subordinate actions in the "-ing" form. This construction correctly indicates that "receiving" and developing" followed as a consequence of Einstein's attendance of "the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich."

Can the ing form can be interpreted to be subordinate form ?


Can we see moving , receiving and developing as parallel ?

OA A
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by sameerballani » Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:16 pm
chaitanya.mehrotra wrote:After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

A)attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
B)attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
C)attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
D)attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
E)attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

Doubt: Offcial exp is "The original sentence expresses the main verb "attended" in the past tense and the two subordinate actions in the "-ing" form. This construction correctly indicates that "receiving" and developing" followed as a consequence of Einstein's attendance of "the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich."

Can the ing form can be interpreted to be subordinate form ?


Yes. Just like its in this case.

Can we see moving , receiving and developing as parallel ?

Moving is not parallel to receiving and developing. Moving is a part of modifier After moving to Switzerland in the 1890's. Don't mix it with developing and receiving. They are parallel and at same level.

OA A

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