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Question about ING-Modifers

by LiquidFireAK » Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:42 pm
For the following sentance, does the ING-modifer sentance modify "Mathematicians", or "test cases"? Experts please explain!

Mathematicians wrote test cases that are neither complicated nor simple, <insert ING modifier sentence here>.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:16 pm
VERB+ING Modifiers are of two types:
1. Adverbial = which modifies the complete clause; for example: Cause-Effect
2. Adjectival = which modifies the subject of the clause.

Can you please post the complete sentence.
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by LiquidFireAK » Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:07 am
I don't really know the difference.. can you provide an example of each?
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Apr 17, 2014 9:31 pm
LiquidFireAK wrote:I don't really know the difference.. can you provide an example of each?
Adjectival Modifiers are used to modify the Subject of the clause.
For example:
Being the expert int their domain, Mathematicians wrote the test cases that are very complicated.


Adverbial Modifiers are used to modify the complete clause.
For example:
Mathematicians wrote test cases that are very complicated, confusing the fellow students who are weak in that section.
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by LiquidFireAK » Fri May 02, 2014 9:22 am
Hi theCodetoGMAT,
For Adjectival Modifiers clauses, do they always have to be in the beginning and then followed by the subject-verb clause?
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