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noun phrase modfiy previous clause.

by tanviet » Sat Jul 07, 2012 4:54 pm
A. Along a 15-mile stretch of desert, a dozen warehouse sit silent and emply, relics that depict city's dream of becoming a national warehouse hub.

E. Along a 15-mile stretch of desert, a dozen warehouses sit silent and empty, relics of citys dream of becoming a national warehouse hub.

E is wrong because "relics of...." I do not understand why. pls, explain fully.
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by vk_vinayak » Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:22 am
duongthang wrote:A. Along a 15-mile stretch of desert, a dozen warehouse sit silent and emply, relics that depict city's dream of becoming a national warehouse hub.

E. Along a 15-mile stretch of desert, a dozen warehouses sit silent and empty, relics of citys dream of becoming a national warehouse hub.

E is wrong because "relics of...." I do not understand why. pls, explain fully.
In E, Relics is modifying empty. That is not what is intended. We need to modify the clause a dozen warehouse sit silent and employ

ie Relics refers to the act of dozen warehouses sitting silent and empty. There fore the usage in A is correct in which relics modifies a dozen warehouses sit silent and empty
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:29 am
In A is "warehouse" (singular) a typo? Shouldn't it be WAREHOUSES?
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by tanviet » Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:20 pm
YES, in A should be "wearhouses" . Pls, focus on the "relics....." phrase.
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