Register    Login    Search    Rss Feeds

Forums Home » Ask An Instructor » GMAT Verbal » Manhattan GMAT Verbal Strategy Guides


 Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] 



  Print view Print view Previous topic Previous topic | Next topic Next topic
 

Proper Usage of With???

Author Message
gkumar
 Post subject: Proper Usage of With???
 Post Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:30 pm 
Offline
Course Students


Posts: 20
In reviewing the Idioms List in ManhattanGMAT's SC Book, I had a hard time trying to understand why the following WRONG statement is considered WRONG:

Usage of WITH
RIGHT: The lions growled, WITH their fur STANDING on end
WRONG: WITH only 25% of the student body, seniors get 50% of the resources

Can anyone clarify why the WRONG statement containing "Seniors" is grammatically incorrect?

Quote:
Rules of WITH

With is a preposition.
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prep ... s-rule.htm

A preposition is followed by a "noun". It is never followed by a verb.

By "noun" we include:

* noun (dog, money, love)
* proper noun (name) (Bangkok, Mary)
* pronoun (you, him, us)
* noun group (my first job)
* gerund (swimming)

A preposition cannot be followed by a verb. If we want to follow a preposition by a verb, we must use the "-ing" form which is really a gerund or verb in noun form.


So for the first sentence:

<Subject+Verb: The lions growled> + <preposition: with> + <Noun group: their fur standing on end>

Original: The lions growled, WITH their hair standing on end
Structure: The lions growled, WITH hair standing

For the 2nd sentence it should not work, but I am not sure how:

<Subject + Verb: With only 25% of the student body>
Original: WITH only 25% of the student body, seniors get 50% of the resources
Transposing Sentence: Seniors get 50% of the resources, WITH only 25% of the student body
Structure: Seniors get, WITH only 25%
Top 
winsayou
 Post subject: Re: Proper Usage of With???
 Post Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:40 pm 
Offline
Students


Posts: 2
I want to know this topic too. :)
Top 
gkumar
 Post subject: Re: Proper Usage of With???
 Post Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:01 am 
Offline
Course Students


Posts: 20
FYI: http://www.beatthegmat.com/proper-usage ... 45771.html
Top 
Ben Ku
 Post subject: Re: Proper Usage of With???
 Post Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:02 am 
Offline
ManhattanGMAT Staff


Posts: 823
Thanks gkumar. Please post if there are additional questions to Stacey's response.

_________________
Ben Ku
Instructor
ManhattanGMAT
Top 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
 
 Page 1 of 1 [ 4 posts ] 





Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests

 
 

 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: