During the early years of European settlement on
a continent that was viewed as "wilderness" by
the newcomers, Native Americans, intimately
knowing the ecology of the land, were a help in
the rescuing of many Pilgrims and pioneers from
hardship, or even death.
(A) Native Americans, intimately knowing the
ecology of the land, were a help in the
rescuing of
(B) Native Americans knew the ecology and the
land intimately and this enabled them to
help in the rescue of
(C) Native Americans, with their intimate
knowledge of the ecology of the land,
helped to rescue
(D) having intimate knowledge of the ecology of
the land, Native Americans helped the rescue of
(E) knowing intimately the ecology of the land,
Native Americans helped to rescue
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IMO-C
A- in rescuing of soungds awkward.
B-change the meaning of sentence.
C- correct.
D- having.. modifies the pervious clause.
E-same as D
A- in rescuing of soungds awkward.
B-change the meaning of sentence.
C- correct.
D- having.. modifies the pervious clause.
E-same as D
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IMO C.xcusemeplz2009 wrote:During the early years of European settlement on
a continent that was viewed as "wilderness" by
the newcomers, Native Americans, intimately
knowing the ecology of the land, were a help in
the rescuing of many Pilgrims and pioneers from
hardship, or even D�@th.
(A) Native Americans, intimately knowing the
ecology of the land, were a help in the
rescuing of
(B) Native Americans knew the ecology and the
land intimately and this enabled them to
help in the rescue of
(C) Native Americans, with their intimate
knowledge of the ecology of the land,
helped to rescue
(D) having intimate knowledge of the ecology of
the land, Native Americans helped the rescue of
(E) knowing intimately the ecology of the land,
Native Americans helped to rescue
I agree with gauravgundal.
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xcusemeplz2009 wrote:During the early years of European settlement on
a continent that was viewed as "wilderness" by
the newcomers, Native Americans, intimately
knowing the ecology of the land, were a help in
the rescuing of many Pilgrims and pioneers from
hardship, or even death.
(A) Native Americans, intimately knowing the
ecology of the land, were a help in the
rescuing of
The red portion is super wordy and awkward to say the least. Would you say: "Thanks for helping to rescue me" or "Thanks that you were a help in the rescuing of myself"?
(B) Native Americans knew the ecology and the
land intimately and this enabled them to
help in the rescue of
Same thing as in A. Awkward and very wordy structure.
(C) Native Americans, with their intimate
knowledge of the ecology of the land,
helped to rescue
This sentence is concise and does not contain any grammatical errors. Therefore, C is the correct answer.
(D) having intimate knowledge of the ecology of
the land, Native Americans helped the rescue of
Together with the non-underlined portion, you have two parts here modifying the same subject, which cannot be correct. "Helped the rescue of" is not a good option, either. English is a very verbal language, so whenever verbs can be used, they should be used!
(E) knowing intimately the ecology of the land,
Native Americans helped to rescue
Same as in D. Here, you have two phrases modifying one subject.
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this is og problem and should be studied carefully
middle modifier can be ambiguous
in D and E, "having" can modifies the previous clause or latter clause and so is wrong
experts, pls comment
middle modifier can be ambiguous
in D and E, "having" can modifies the previous clause or latter clause and so is wrong
experts, pls comment
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Hey All,
Lots of great work here. I think you hit all the big issues, but everybody likes a good wrap-up post!
(B) This has the idiom issue discussed above. Also, the verb "knew" is now being modified by the opening clause "During the early years..." This is wrong, because the Native Americans knew that stuff all the time, not just during those years. (In (A), the modifier is modifying the verb "were," which is okay, because they may only have helped during those years).
(C) Correct!
(D) The participial modifier has nothing to modify! Native Americans can't come later in the sentence. The only time you can get away with a participle modifier preceding the noun is at the beginning of the sentence: "Having run from the police for twenty years, Steve was finally captured on Columbus Day." Also "helped the rescue" doesn't make much sense.
(E) As in (D), the participial modifier can't precede the modified object. The idiom at the end is just fine.
Hope that helps!
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Lots of great work here. I think you hit all the big issues, but everybody likes a good wrap-up post!
(A) "intimately knowing" is a weird use of the participle, because it generally implies something temporary/present, rather than something that was inherently and perpetually true. More problematic is the "were a help in the rescuing of..." This is simply wrong from an idiomatic perspective. You can say "They aided in the rescuing of many pilgrims," but you can't say "They helped in the rescuing of many pilgrims." There's no reason. It's just idiomatic. No can do.During the early years of European settlement on a continent that was viewed as "wilderness" by the newcomers, Native Americans, intimately knowing the ecology of the land, were a help in the rescuing of many Pilgrims and pioneers from hardship, or even death.
(A) Native Americans, intimately knowing the ecology of the land, were a help in the rescuing of
(B) Native Americans knew the ecology and the land intimately and this enabled them to help in the rescue of
(C) Native Americans, with their intimate knowledge of the ecology of the land, helped to rescue
(D) having intimate knowledge of the ecology of the land, Native Americans helped the rescue of
(E) knowing intimately the ecology of the land, Native Americans helped to rescue
(B) This has the idiom issue discussed above. Also, the verb "knew" is now being modified by the opening clause "During the early years..." This is wrong, because the Native Americans knew that stuff all the time, not just during those years. (In (A), the modifier is modifying the verb "were," which is okay, because they may only have helped during those years).
(C) Correct!
(D) The participial modifier has nothing to modify! Native Americans can't come later in the sentence. The only time you can get away with a participle modifier preceding the noun is at the beginning of the sentence: "Having run from the police for twenty years, Steve was finally captured on Columbus Day." Also "helped the rescue" doesn't make much sense.
(E) As in (D), the participial modifier can't precede the modified object. The idiom at the end is just fine.
Hope that helps!
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(D) The participial modifier has nothing to modify! Native Americans can't come later in the sentence. The only time you can get away with a participle modifier preceding the noun is at the beginning of the sentence: "Having run from the police for twenty years, Steve was finally captured on Columbus Day." Also "helped the rescue" doesn't make much sense.
(E) As in (D), the participial modifier can't precede the modified object. The idiom at the end is just fine.
Thank you Manhantan expert.
pls explain the preceding modifier above, I do not understand.
(E) As in (D), the participial modifier can't precede the modified object. The idiom at the end is just fine.
Thank you Manhantan expert.
pls explain the preceding modifier above, I do not understand.
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Hey Duong,
Sorry, but I'm not quite sure what it is you don't understand. What I'm saying is that participles shouldn't precede the noun they modify, except at the beginning of the sentence.
In (D), the participle "having" is meant to modify "Native Americans," which comes after it. (E) does the same thing with the participle "knowing".
Does that make sense?
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Sorry, but I'm not quite sure what it is you don't understand. What I'm saying is that participles shouldn't precede the noun they modify, except at the beginning of the sentence.
In (D), the participle "having" is meant to modify "Native Americans," which comes after it. (E) does the same thing with the participle "knowing".
Does that make sense?
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