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Initiated five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992. Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(A) Initiated five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(B) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, a $100 million investment in the search for -extraterrestrial intelligence was pledged by Project SETI.
(C) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(D) Pledging a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the initiation of Project SETI five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992.
(E) Pledging a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, on Columbus Day 1992, the initiation of Project SETI took place.
It took me less than 45 seconds to arrive at the correct answer choice i.e. Option C.
But I believe that this question is much more than that and I should learn as much as I can. This is a master piece question. So far I knew this about the verb+ing modifier -
Doubt#1 -
This sort of modifier should actually satisfy TWO requirements:
1) It should apply most nearly to the subject of the preceding clause (as you've said); and, even more importantly,
2) It should have one of the following RELATIONSHIPS to that clause:
* Immediate consequence
* Simultaneous, but lower-priority, action
VERB + Ing Modifiers also take the tense of the Preceding clause.
But in Option D and Option E, Verb+Ing has come before something not preceding something. what should be its behavior the same as stated above.
Doubt #2 - Verb ed Modifier -
In the Correct Option C. Verb + 'ed' modifier should modify the closest Noun i.e. "Five Centuries" then why is it modifying "Project SETI"
(C) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(A) Initiated five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(B) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, a $100 million investment in the search for -extraterrestrial intelligence was pledged by Project SETI.
(C) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(D) Pledging a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the initiation of Project SETI five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World on Columbus Day 1992.
(E) Pledging a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, on Columbus Day 1992, the initiation of Project SETI took place.
It took me less than 45 seconds to arrive at the correct answer choice i.e. Option C.
But I believe that this question is much more than that and I should learn as much as I can. This is a master piece question. So far I knew this about the verb+ing modifier -
Doubt#1 -
This sort of modifier should actually satisfy TWO requirements:
1) It should apply most nearly to the subject of the preceding clause (as you've said); and, even more importantly,
2) It should have one of the following RELATIONSHIPS to that clause:
* Immediate consequence
* Simultaneous, but lower-priority, action
VERB + Ing Modifiers also take the tense of the Preceding clause.
But in Option D and Option E, Verb+Ing has come before something not preceding something. what should be its behavior the same as stated above.
Doubt #2 - Verb ed Modifier -
In the Correct Option C. Verb + 'ed' modifier should modify the closest Noun i.e. "Five Centuries" then why is it modifying "Project SETI"
(C) Initiated on Columbus Day 1992, five centuries after Europeans arrived in the New World, Project SETI pledged a $100 million investment in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
