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by vikram4689 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 7:56 am
Those who have visited the Grand Canyon have typically seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark the passage of time like the rings in a tree trunk.

(A) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors that mark
(B) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors mark
(C) been seeing layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, whose different colors are markers of
(D) been able to see layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, with different colors marking
(E) seen layers of sediment in the gaping canyon, marking by different colors

my query is that since "with..." in A will act as adverbial modifier, A will non-sensically imply that people have seen with different colors . is this interpretation correct ?
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by gmatwar13 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:43 am
A i would say

2/3 split
avoid C and D for parallelism reason
whose can have two antecedent in B
making seems like someone is doing that.. avoid e

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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:49 am
My 3/2 split is "whose" in C and D, which creates a reference error. (whose colors? the canyon or the layers?)

E uses a participial phrase at the end: "marking...". What is it that's doing the marking? It's the colors, but E makes it seem like it's something else.

The difference in A and D is "colors that mark" or "colors marking"; grammatically, both are fine, and it's really a matter of preference. I prefer the participial "marking" rather than the conjugated verb "mark".

If I remember correctly, this is from 1000SC, which is not a great source.
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by pritish2301 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:01 am
Hi,

In my opinion A is gramatically correct.

Eliminate C, D Continuous tense.
B - 'WHOSE' pronoun brought in, but antecedent more than two. Eliminate
E - Layers of sedimentary with different colours Marks the passage of time. E changes this meaning completely.

Can you please post the OA?

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by vikram4689 » Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:18 pm
there is no instance in which "comma+with" is used as adjective. it always acts as adverbial. so how are you saying it is a), read my query in first post !
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Tue Nov 20, 2012 6:04 pm
pritish2301 wrote:Hi,

In my opinion A is gramatically correct.

Eliminate C, D Continuous tense.
B - 'WHOSE' pronoun brought in, but antecedent more than two. Eliminate
E - Layers of sedimentary with different colours Marks the passage of time. E changes this meaning completely.

Can you please post the OA?

Thanks a lot!
"marking" is not a continuous tense because it is used as a participle.
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