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davetzulin
 Post subject: Re: thirteen colonies
 Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:26 pm 
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nonameee
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 Post Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:48 pm 
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I don't quite understand how the correct answer can be (A).

(A) says:

The thirteen original British colonies ... each had ...

Shouldn't it be:

Of the thirteen original British colonies ... each had ...

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RonPurewal
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nonameee wrote:
I don't quite understand how the correct answer can be (A).


please read the whole thread; this issue has been addressed in considerable detail. thanks.
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gzgongzhe
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I have another problem regarding choice A
in choice A, 'a written charter that set forth...",
shouldn't be be 'a written charter that sets forth...' ?

can anyone help with it? thx a lot
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tim
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when did the setting forth take place? :)

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davetzulin
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RonPurewal wrote:
thanghnvn wrote:
Ron, pls, help. I do not understand above explanation. Pls, explain carefully and with an example. Thank you a lot.



here's an example:
ron has a very full schedule this week, with every one of his available time slots occupied.
--> this sentence works, because "with" actually applies to ron and/or his schedule -- i.e., ron is the person with those occupied time slots, and/or his schedule is actually the thing with those time slots.

[edited] -- the explanation i originally wrote here was in error.


quick question about Ron's example. when I see the "with" modifier, I usually look into two places for the thing being modified.

(1). nearest noun, or nearest verb, since it could be an adj/advb prep phrase.

would the modifier in the example work as modifying the verb "has"?

"Ron has, with everyone of his time slots occupied, a tight schedule"

Also, Ron mentioned that the preposition could modify "Ron himself"

"Ron, with everyone of his time slots occupied, has a tight schedule". This makes perfect sense, but i thought if the preposition is going to modify a noun it must at least touch the noun or only be intervened by another modify (not a clause).

did Ron mean that the prep modifier is actually kind of like a subject / verb modifier where it is modifying "Ron has" as a clause together in one? Then I assume Ron means it is an adverb prep modifier.
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