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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:09 am
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mundasingh123 wrote:Mitch , But "maintain" is inside the prepositional phrase .Do we still consider "maintain" a verb.I thought that verbs in prepositional phrases are not considered verbs.
I don't think that it is a prepositional phrase. I think it is an infinitive.

E.g. I love to run.
Sorries i should have mentioned "infinitive " instead of preposition.
Ok, then "to maintain" is verb modifier and it modifies fail
So in this case , can another "because" clause modify "maintain" in the verb modifier (to maintain).
My doubt still remains the same.
A modifier should be as close as possible to what it's modifying. Since D contains no errors and places the modifier because closer to what it's modifying (fail), we should eliminate E and pick D.
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by shweta.kalra » Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:37 am
hi mitch,
thanks for the great explanation. i have one doubt how can we say that it is an adverbial modifier becoz" it is a subordnate clause starting wid because?
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"Because they desire to be as thin as possible" CLEARLY MODIFIES YOUNG BALLET DANCERS AND GYMNASTS.
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:43 am
shweta.kalra wrote:hi mitch,
thanks for the great explanation. i have one doubt how can we say that it is an adverbial modifier becoz" it is a subordnate clause starting wid because?
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"Because they desire to be as thin as possible" CLEARLY MODIFIES YOUNG BALLET DANCERS AND GYMNASTS.
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Because + subject + verb = adverbial clause.

I like you because you bake cookies.

In the example above, because you bake cookies explains why I like you and thus is functioning as an adverb modifying the verb like.
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by msingh » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:18 am
how about if we change your sentence -

I like you because you bake cookies

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Because you bake cookies, I like you.


Are the 2 sentences the same i.e have the same meaning ?
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:58 am
msingh wrote:how about if we change your sentence -

I like you because you bake cookies

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Because you bake cookies, I like you.


Are the 2 sentences the same i.e have the same meaning ?
They have the same basic meaning. The primary difference is emphasis: sentence 1 stresses the reason (because you bake cookies); sentence 2 stresses the result (I like you). On the GMAT, this sort of subtle difference is not sufficient reason to choose one version over the other.
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by Shawshank » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:48 pm
I guess this should help here.. This is Ron's reply tom this question

this is NOT a GMATPREP verbal question. please don't post non-GMATPREP questions in the GMATPREP folder; thanks.
once the forum software allows, i will move the thread.

this problem comes from "1000sc", a source whose questions (and answers) are at best sketchy and at worst misleading. DO NOT USE 1000SC.
the only questions in that source with any redeeming value are problems that have been lifted from gmatprep. the others are almost entirely worthless rubbish.

there is NO WAY that an official problem would contain choices (d) AND (e), both of which would be considered correct. although one may claim that there is pronoun ambiguity in choice (e) - see this post - there have been, and are, plenty of official problems containing a similar degree of "ambiguity" in their correct answers.


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by babuxavier » Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:29 am
IMO D
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