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by advita » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:44 am
Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a row, the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on almost mythic significance as evidence of British citizens' ability to resist the will of Hitler and Nazi Germany.

the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on
London's Blitz and the refusal to surrender took after
the Blitz and the refusal of the city of London took over
London's refusal to surrender after the Blitz took on
London's refusal to surrender after the Blitz took up


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by arora007 » Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:08 pm
advita wrote:Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a row, the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on almost mythic significance as evidence of British citizens' ability to resist the will of Hitler and Nazi Germany.

the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on
London's Blitz and the refusal to surrender took after
the Blitz and the refusal of the city of London took over
London's refusal to surrender after the Blitz took on
London's refusal to surrender after the Blitz took up


pl explain your choice...thanks.
B, D and E are out because of incorrect modifier

C looks better than A its concise.

IMO C, what is the OA ? source ?
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by BastiG » Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:59 pm
advita wrote:Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a row, the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on almost mythic significance as evidence of British citizens' ability to resist the will of Hitler and Nazi Germany.

the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on
London's Blitz and the refusal to surrender took after
the Blitz and the refusal of the city of London took over
London's refusal to surrender after the Blitz took on
London's refusal to surrender after the Blitz took up


pl explain your choice...thanks.
D should be the answer. D has the correct modifier London's refusal to surrender after the Blitz (compound noun) and the right idiom.

C Sems to say that the blitz and the refusal are signs of evidence that London resisted the Blitz. Obviously wrong
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by prachich1987 » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:04 pm
one more for D
Advaita,please advise OA along with the source
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by advita » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:38 pm
thanks guys...Oa is D. and correct idiom is Took on...

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by arora007 » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:00 pm
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by [email protected] » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:06 am
Isn't "London's refusal" wrong?
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:01 am
arora007 wrote:SC achilles heels
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by Adam@Knewton » Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:43 pm
There is no modification error: the opening phrase, "though the city...," is not an adjectival modifier (since it does not begin with a preoposition or a participle or a relative pronoun), but in fact an adverbial modifier, beginning with the subordinating conjunction "though" (short for "although," of course), and therefore correctly modifies the entire main sentence.
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by Target2009 » Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:37 pm
AdamKnewton wrote:There is no modification error: the opening phrase, "though the city...," is not an adjectival modifier (since it does not begin with a preoposition or a participle or a relative pronoun), but in fact an adverbial modifier, beginning with the subordinating conjunction "though" (short for "although," of course), and therefore correctly modifies the entire main sentence.
Hi Adam,

few queries related to Subordinating clause ?

Is Subordinating clause usually separated by comma?
Can we classify Subordinating clause as non-essential modifier?
Is Subordinating clause usually starts the sentence or can come at later part of the sentence as well?

Please help clarifying above queries.
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by Adam@Knewton » Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:29 pm
Target2009 wrote:
Hi Adam,

few queries related to Subordinating clause ?

Is Subordinating clause usually separated by comma?
Can we classify Subordinating clause as non-essential modifier?
Is Subordinating clause usually starts the sentence or can come at later part of the sentence as well?

Please help clarifying above queries.
Subordinating conjunctions introduce dependent clauses that act as adverbs modifying the rest of the sentence. Thus, their placement does not matter and they don't always require commas, although you'll usually see a comma when it's longer. Remember the GMAT doesn't test punctuation so don't look too closely at the commas!

Examples:

"Because the sky is blue, it makes me cry" (Beatles lyric) -- correct, "because..." clause modifying the verb "makes"

"Although he received top marks on his GMAT, the business school admissions process was not as stress-free as Roger had hoped." -- CORRECT! the "although..." clause is an adverb modifying the verb "was," and NOT an adjective, so it doesn't matter where it's replaced with relation to "Roger."

"The business school admissions process was challenging for Roger even though he did great on the GMAT." -- still correct, even without the commas.
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by EducationAisle » Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:35 am
Things in this sentence become much easier if you understand what 'blitz' is and how it is commonly used.
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