Hi Ron~I've been a super big fan of you for almost 2 years. It's my first time to post :) according to your post "infinitive modifiers don't modify nouns at all, actually; they aren't adjective-style modifiers." But in the thread for Prep 68 http://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/forums/for-the...
Hi Ron in choice (B) Can I say that because "its trunk" in a concrete noun, this Appositive Modifier can't modify the noun preceding comma ("an aquatic animal") ? Thank you in advance :wink: From a purely mechanical standpoint, the modifier in choice B is fine, as explained in Il...
WOW Ron~~ you're so so so amazing!! You always make complicated ideas into easy-to-understand sentences.(and a sound "wow~" echos in my mind as I read the posts.) I learn a lot from posts on this forum. Thank you :) nope. not that kind of modifier at all, actually. here's a discussion of t...
Dear Ron in this thread you said "the only major difference that i can posit between "can" and "has/have the ability..." is that the latter is generally used only for humans or other living animals, while "can" can be used either for humans/animals or for inanimate...
Hi Ron~~ I go with choice (A) (decide on parallel )but feel perplexed by the meaning... ...because it is not "(A) so hard that it makes burrowing difficult or so soft that it could cause" tunnels to collapse. Does the word "not" just modify "so hard"? Or it modify both ...