WaterFlowsUp wrote:
what exactly do u mean by direct and simultaneous?
What I meant was that the action expressed by the participial phrase must be "simultaneous and directly atributable" to the main clause. For example:
Following would be correct: Tendulkar scored 40th century, breaking the previous record for highest number of centuries in test cricket.
But following would not be correct: Tendulkar worked hard during his childhood days, breaking the previous record for highest number of centuries in test cricket.
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BTW are you saying there are tons of hidden concepts in the adverbial phrase modifiers which we need to dig out?
Actually when I said not sure there is a lot more to it than this, to merit a "doc" , what I meant was that there isn't too much apart from this (of course every question is unique, but this framework would largely sail you thru). Apologies if my earlier reply was not clear.
Past participles by the way, work in a different manner. Case in point is #28 from OG-12, where following is the correct option (all GMAT instructors including myself consider OG as bible):
Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of other wild and domestic resources.
Here, the "past participle" phrase "based on the cultivation..." clearly modifies "society", the word prior to it.