aspirant2011 wrote:Modern critics are amused by early scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as an ethnographic treatise.
(A) scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as
(B) scholars' categorizing Tacitus's Germania as if
(C) scholars, categorizing of Tacitus's Germania as
(D) scholars who categorize Tacitus's Germania as
(E) scholars who categorize Tacitus's Germania if
Whats wrong with C............
I didn't like this question...and i don't think its from an official source..is it from an official source??? This question makes me feel like someone tried hard to make a confusing structure (a psycho who thought a confusing structure makes a real good question ) though may be its possible that its grammatically correct...
Op A if u chop of Possessives as they act as modifiers only..then it become
Modern critics are amused by early
categorizing Germania as an ethnographic treatise.
Now look at the above structure and please someone answer my question...the two words in RED...what are they...??? Both of them are NOUNS???? if yes then don't u feel atleast a preposition is needed b/w categorizing and Germania
well if u didn't chop the possessive yes it make me feel they both are nouns...
scholars' categorizing
Tacitus's Germania
But after chopping of possessives it seems both of them are not NOUNS..seems like "early" is acting as adv, "categorizing" as an adj and "Germania" a noun...
I believe the correct structure should be
The categorization of Germania
Please correct me if m wrong..
Final note:- This is the first time i used such language (in the initial) for the question, because once i read Brian's post that why GMAT put this Sentence Correction section in GMAT and what kind of learning they expect from us. But this crazy question with awkward structure gives me no learning and moreover irritated me. I think m getting emotional for English language
