With starting the sentence

[rohitk.2611]

@Ron

In one of your post you said:

the sentence openers starting with "with" are incorrect. to work properly, they'd have to be followed by a subject that's actually "with" those things.
example: with five all-state players in its backfield, ballard high looks to shut down opposing offenses completely --> this makes sense, because ballard high actually has five all-state players in its backfield, thus justifying the use of "with".

In below question:

Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people now using their mobile phones to make calls across a wide region at night and on weekends, when numerous wireless companies provide unlimited airtime for a relatively small monthly fee.
A. Because of wireless service costs plummeting in the last year, and as mobile phones are increasingly common, many people
B. As the cost of wireless service plummeted in the last year and as mobile phones became increasingly common, many people
C. In the last year, with the cost of wireless service plummeting, and mobile phones have become increasingly common, there are many people
D. With the cost of wireless service plummeting in the last year and mobile phones becoming increasingly common, many people are
E. While the cost of wireless service has plummeted in the last year and mobile phones are increasingly common, many people are

is ur explanation valid?

OA is D, my answer is also D, but just I recollected ur statement on "with" so just thought of claryfying.

[RonPurewal]

do you have a link to that post?

if i was talking about "with + noun", then this is a different animal entirely.
if not... well, i'd like to see the context there.

thanks.

[rohitk.2611]

I am sorry, I dont have the link. I just encountered that in one or the other forum and noted down as a learning.

[RonPurewal]

I am sorry, I dont have the link. I just encountered that in one or the other forum and noted down as a learning.

ok.

just a tip -- assuming that you take some sort of electronic/computerized notes, you should probably copy and paste links to the actual pages where you saw these things. that way, if you ever come across something like this, you'll have the context in which you originally saw it.
this is especially important for sentence correction, because context ALWAYS matters in sentence correction; there are very few principles that can just be stated at random, outside of any specific context.

if you take paper notes -- which i'd think would be unlikely, given that this is an internet forum -- then of course this isn't a possibility. but, even then, you can always keep a file of links. then you can number the links in the file, and then just write the numbers down on your paper.

[sri balaji143]

Ron,

I am not doubting the official answer but I easily eliminated D because of the 'Preposition+Noun+ING'rule. Could you please correct me on this rule?

In D, the cost of wireless service plummeting means that cost and not wireless service is plummeting and is that why D is fine?

In the other example - I have evidence of my brother stealing cookies- my brother(not evidence) is actually performing the stealing and so this case is invalid. I remember another one-the remainder of the increase coming from sales of the 9,850 prescription medicines that companies did not advertise or advertised very little.. While in this case it is the reminder (not increase) that is coming.

Is the line of reasoning valid?

Thanks in advance.

[RonPurewal]

different story if these kinds of modifiers are separated by commas, as you'll often see with "with".
some more explanation is here:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... ml#p102568