Bump :)
DO NOT "bump" discussions.... well, actually, i take that back; you can "bump" discussions if you want. but, if you do, you are just adding a couple of days to the time we'll take to answer your question.
see, we always answer everything here in strict order from oldest to newest (unless one user posts excessively, in which case we'll often skip some of that user's posts in order to be fair to other users).
so, if you "bump" something, you're moving it to
last in the queue. probably not what you are trying to accomplish here.
duyng9989 Wrote:I have a question about the subgroup modifier.
i don't know what a "subgroup modifier" is (and i would suggest that you have the wrong priorities if you are thinking too much about this kind of terminology), but i will attempt to answer the question(s) anyway.
"Ron adopted two dog, each only 100 pounds" (I eliminate the verb Weights"???
first of all, "two dog" is wrong; it needs to be "two dogs".
(this is not actually tested on the gmat, but it's one of the most fundamental building blocks of the english language; in fact, it's one of the earliest pieces of grammar to be mastered by small children who grow up speaking english. so, if you want a career involving lots of professional correspondence with english speakers, you should definitely learn the distinctions between singular and plural nouns. not necessarily right at this exact moment ... but at some point.)
second, no, you can't write that, for reasons that i will explain below.
This question elaborates for question:
Chinese, the most ancient of living writing systems, consists of tens of thousands of ideographic characters, each character a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame (correct)
This sentence is very similar to Ron's dog example. It does not contain main verb TO BE.
Is it correct to say:
Chinese, the most ancient of living writing systems, consists of 10 of thousands of ideographic characters, each of which IS a miniature calligraphic composition inside its own square frame?
sure, you could do either of those.
note: in the former construction, the
only verb that it's acceptable to omit is a form of "to be" (is, are, were, was, etc.)
so,
... two dogs, each 100 pounds is unacceptable, because you can't write "each dog
is 100 pounds".
by contrast,
... two dogs, each a mix of several breeds is perfectly acceptable, because "each dog
is a mix of several breeds" is correct and sensible.
finally, 100 pounds is awfully heavy for a dog, so "
only 100 pounds" makes little sense in context. (it's like saying "Jack is only seven feet tall." --> ???)
