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by akhpad » Thu May 27, 2010 4:42 am
A thoroughly frightened child was seen by her cowering in the corner of the room.

A: A thoroughly frightened child was seen by her cowering in the corner of the room.
B: Cowering in the corner of the room a thoroughly frightened child was seen by her.
C: She saw, cowering in the corner of the room, a thoroughly frightened child.
D: A thoroughly frightened child, cowering in the corner of the room, was seen by her.
E: She saw a thoroughly frightened child who was cowering in the corner of the room.

How can I know that whether the person who saw or a frightened child is cowering?
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by neha.patni » Thu May 27, 2010 4:45 am
akhp77 wrote:A thoroughly frightened child was seen by her cowering in the corner of the room.

A: A thoroughly frightened child was seen by her cowering in the corner of the room.
B: Cowering in the corner of the room a thoroughly frightened child was seen by her.
C: She saw, cowering in the corner of the room, a thoroughly frightened child.
D: A thoroughly frightened child, cowering in the corner of the room, was seen by her.
E: She saw a thoroughly frightened child who was cowering in the corner of the room.

How can I know that whether the person who saw or a frightened child is cowering?
IMO E
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by neha.patni » Thu May 27, 2010 4:46 am
neha.patni wrote:
akhp77 wrote:A thoroughly frightened child was seen by her cowering in the corner of the room.

A: A thoroughly frightened child was seen by her cowering in the corner of the room.
B: Cowering in the corner of the room a thoroughly frightened child was seen by her.
C: She saw, cowering in the corner of the room, a thoroughly frightened child.
D: A thoroughly frightened child, cowering in the corner of the room, was seen by her.
E: She saw a thoroughly frightened child who was cowering in the corner of the room.

How can I know that whether the person who saw or a frightened child is cowering?
IMO E
Cowering means showing fear...this indicates that the child was cowering. what is the OA?
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by thephoenix » Thu May 27, 2010 4:53 am
the person who is frighten will only cower
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d is passive
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by akhpad » Thu May 27, 2010 5:04 am
OA: C

C: She saw, cowering in the corner of the room, a thoroughly frightened child.

COMMA + ING modifier rarely comes in the middle of the sentence.

"cowering in the corner of the room" is an adverb.

It looks like a vague problem.
Source: Barron's

E also looks good.
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by neha.patni » Thu May 27, 2010 5:32 am
akhp77 wrote:OA: C

C: She saw, cowering in the corner of the room, a thoroughly frightened child.

COMMA + ING modifier rarely comes in the middle of the sentence.

"cowering in the corner of the room" is an adverb.

It looks like a vague problem.
Source: Barron's

E also looks good.
How can it be C? please check the answer again because a modifier is wrongly placed.
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by adi_800 » Thu May 27, 2010 9:22 am
C means to say that the lady was cowering in the corner of the room and then she saw a frightened child...
This is not what is the intended meaning...
Someone is frightened and cowered AND the lady saw that person...
Hmm... Barrons is the source....
Not the kind of source you should solving problems from I think..
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Thu May 27, 2010 9:28 am
It's Barrons, so that means ignore it. Barron's verbal is terrible.
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by muralithe1 » Thu May 27, 2010 6:01 pm
I guess E is changing the meaning of the sentence.

'She saw a thoroughly frightened child who was cowering in the corner of the room'.

'Who was covering' isn't meant to say that the 'child was covering' not at the time when she saw the child.

Please correct me if i am wrong....

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by paes » Thu May 27, 2010 9:28 pm
I selected C, but agree that I was not sure.

let me explain my reasoning

A > meaning of the sentence, child was cowered not the lady.
B -> grammatically correct but passive
C --> correct
D --> Grammatically correct but passive
E --> meaning is awkward. 'cowering' is a modifier of the child but here it is giving some different meaning.
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