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by gmat_perfect » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:43 am
Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, because he was excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing electric power, he predicted in the mid-1890's that electricity generated at Niagara would one day power the streetcars of London and the streetlights of Paris.

(A) Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, because he was excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing electric power, he
(B) The prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power was exciting to Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, and so he
(C) Excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power, Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current,
(D) Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current, excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for the production of electric power and
(E) The inventor of alternating current, excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing of electric power, Nikola Tesla

[spoiler]OA: C[/spoiler]

I have two questions:

1. What is the main problem in E?
2. Is "excited about" often used idiom?

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by ashish2104 » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:08 am
The main problem I find in E is modifier issue.

'The inventor of alternating current' is Nikola Tesla which is placed far from the noun modifier.

Except C all options either distort meaning or change voice.
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by indiantiger » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:11 am
For 1:

One should always avoid long sequences of modifiers.

E) The inventor of alternating current, excited with the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls for producing of electric power, Nikola Tesla

red and orange colored modifier should have been avoided by placing Nikola Tesla close to Red modifier.

For 2 : I am not sure.
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by gmat_perfect » Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:17 am
I have found the following regarding "excited about":

A gaming site called NeoGAF seems especially determined to spread the abomination. Google tracks 8,190 examples from that site.

I can think of one context in which "for" instead of "about" following excited could be justified: when one is sharing a friend's excitement. On the pattern of "I am happy for you," one could say "I'm excited for you."

Otherwise, standard usage calls for excited about, as in these examples in which the writers (including entertainment writers) got it right:

Why I Am Excited About the iPad

Rube Goldberg competition gets teens excited about STEM

Why you need to be excited about SpyParty

Rivers excited about RB prospects

Rolling Stone's Reasons To Be Excited About Music.

Source: https://www.dailywritingtips.com/excited-about-not-for/
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by gmat_perfect » Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:00 am
Any one to shed some light on it?

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by GMATMadeEasy » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:10 pm
You are excited about something or excited by something . Excited with means nothing.

Google the question and you willl find explanation by Stacey at Manhattan site .
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by GMATMadeEasy » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:07 am
My question is : If we re-write option E by replacing "excited with " with "excited about" , will that be correct ?
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by tomada » Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:18 am
One can also be excited for someone.

Person 1: I aced the GMAT!
Person 2: I'm excited for you!

GMATMadeEasy wrote:You are excited about something or excited by something . Excited with means nothing.

Google the question and you willl find explanation by Stacey at Manhattan site .
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by madhukumar_v » Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:45 am
A: was excited (Passive voice)
B: was exciting (past tense needed ) excited
C: Got doubt
D: Parallelism Issue (X and Y); for the production of electric power and predicted in the mid-1890's that
E: Modifier error -->alternating current, excited with the prospects (Current is excited with ...)

Appreciate if some one can resolve my doubt; I learnt from Patrick Notes (GMATFIX) that if you have a sentence such as X,Y,Z then we can eliminate Y and read the sentence as XZ; if such is the case, then I can read the below sentence(Choice c) by eliminating Y (Nikola Tesla) and read the sentence with out a proper modifier for the inventor or the prospects. Appreciate if some one could explain. I have been using this rule effectively and it works in most cases.

Excited about the prospects of harnessing Niagara Falls to produce electric power, Nikola Tesla, the inventor of alternating current,
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