GmatKiss wrote:Stymieing the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing of eight war ships as "fireships," vessels filled with pitch, brimstone, gunpowder, and tar and sent downwind toward the closely-anchored Spanish fleet.


Stymieing the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing

The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing

The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also due to the sacrificing

Stymieing the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada was not only gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrifice

Stymieing the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the defeat of the Spanish Armada was due not only to gale winds that favored the British but also to the sacrifice

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:A--opening modifier incorrectly modifies "the reason"

C--repeats "due to" unnecessarily ("not only due to...but also due to") and "not only" should be after the first "due to"

E--correct and parallel

Stymieing the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada...

patanjali.purpose wrote:

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:A--opening modifier incorrectly modifies "the reason"

C--repeats "due to" unnecessarily ("not only due to...but also due to") and "not only" should be after the first "due to"

E--correct and parallel

Stymieing the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, the reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada...

Bill,

Need a clarification - my understanding is when VERBING is an opening modifier then the following subject should be the AGENT OF THE ACTION described by VERBING. In this example STYIEING ...NETHERLANDS should modify SPANISH ARMADA.

Pls clarify

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote: C--repeats "due to" unnecessarily ("not only due to...but also due to") and "not only" should be after the first "due to"

vk_vinayak wrote:@Bill,

How is the splitting up of the idiom 'due to' is correct in the credited answer? I was thrown off by that splitting.

Spanish Armada was due not only to gale winds that favored the British but also to the sacrifice

If we split this way, does it not change the meaning. The 'due', without 'to' following immediately, would mean payable. Eg: Your payment is due.

I have seen in the past where the pair words are split, but none of them changed the meaning. Here I think meaning is getting changed. Can you please clarify.

bubbliiiiiiii wrote:

Bill@VeritasPrep wrote: C--repeats "due to" unnecessarily ("not only due to...but also due to") and "not only" should be after the first "due to"

Isn't this the problem in E as well as 'to' is redundant.

Please advice.

agarwalva wrote:Bill in options B and C does "which" modify Spanish Armada or the defeat... I assumed it modifies Spanish Armada..

The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also the sacrificing

The defeat of the Spanish Armada, which stymied the Armada's plans to meet up with the Duke of Parma's army off the coast of Flanders in the Spanish Netherlands, was not only due to gale winds that favored the British but also due to the sacrificing

As a general rule, a relative clause should modify the noun directly before it, but if that noun is in a prepositional phrase ("of the Spanish Armada"), then it can modify the noun being modified by that prepositional phrase ("defeat").