In her later poems

[abcgmat]

In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery, Judeo-Christian thought and figures, and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.
(A) the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting
(B) borrowing images from ancient classicism, suggests
(C) she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests
(D) images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests
(E) images that she borrowed from ancient classicism, suggesting

I listened to certain SC rules which said
if the initial modifier starts with the below, it should be followed by a subject
1. ING
2. past participle
3. Noun(+mod)
4. ADJ+ (mod)

In this sentence
In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending....
The subject here is blending. I was expecting it to be Phyllis Wheatley.
Can some one explain what is wrong with my understanding.
I have posted this question for Initial Modifiers and this is related to non underlined part of the sentence

[gmatblood]

IMO: D as well

[vaibhavgupta]

In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery, Judeo-Christian thought and figures, and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.
(A) the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting
(B) borrowing images from ancient classicism, suggests
(C) she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests
(D) images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests
(E) images that she borrowed from ancient classicism, suggesting

I listened to certain SC rules which said
if the initial modifier starts with the below, it should be followed by a subject
1. ING
2. past participle
3. Noun(+mod)
4. ADJ+ (mod)

In this sentence
In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending....
The subject here is blending. I was expecting it to be Phyllis Wheatley.
Can some one explain what is wrong with my understanding.
I have posted this question for Initial Modifiers and this is related to non underlined part of the sentence

D it is!

[abcgmat]

Thank you all for the reponse
I still have a query .

Running for more than 30 minutes, I finally reached the pole.
Running for more than 30 minutes, pole was finally reached by me.

As both sentence are gramatically correct, but the secone one is logically wrong
as the the pole was not running for more than 30 minutes.

For the question I have posted. In the non undelined section we have blending instead of the person whose poems are being talked about.
Can someone explain under what situation we can have subject after initial modifier, which (sibject) is not modified by initial modifer.


In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery, Judeo-Christian thought and figures, and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.


Like in the below question some of the answers are rejected because of modifier issue.
Rejected: A,D (Modifier Issue)

Although she had been known as an effective legislator first in the Texas Senate and later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was televised nationwide.

A:later in the United States House of Representatives, not until Barbara Jordan’s participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 1974 was she made a nationally recognized figure, as it was
B:later in the United States House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan did not become a nationally recognized figure until 1974, when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which were
C:later in the Untied States House of Representatives, it was not until 1974 that Barbara Jordan became a nationally recognized figure, with her participation in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which was
D:then also later in the United States House of Representatives, not until 1974 did Barbara Jordan become a nationally recognized figure, as she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, being
E:then also later in the United States House of Representatives, Barbara Jordan did not become a nationally recognized figure until 1974, when she participated in the hearings on the impeachment of President Richard Nixon, which was

[bpdulog]

I chose E and fell for the modifier trap.

[gmatdriller]

Hi "abcgmat" do you mind I ask the source of the question please?

[abcgmat]

Thanks Richard for the explanation.

Gmatdriller,

I am not sure of the source, but you can see this question posted in beat the gmat forum
( You will get few hits when you search for this question in BTG forum and experts have answered this question ). I posted this question to understand the modifer issue which is not the underlined part of the sentence.

[lunarpower]

I listened to certain SC rules which said
if the initial modifier starts with the below, it should be followed by a subject
1. ING
2. past participle
3. Noun(+mod)
4. ADJ+ (mod)

ironically, this is exactly the reason why the initial-modifier rule does NOT apply here.
this sentence begins with a prepositional phrase (in her later poems...). prepositional phrases are excluded from the above list.

in fact, if a sentence begins with a prepositional phrase followed by a comma, then that prepositional phrase should essentially always describe, or give context for, the entire clause/action that follows.