On August 13, 1868, the warship

[Beatrice Michael]

Can you please help vvith this question


On August 13, 1868, the warship U. S. S. Wateree, anchored in the harbor of Arica, off the coast of what is now
northern Chile,rode on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave) and coming to rest in the Atacama Desert, it
was some three miles up the coast and almost two miles inland from its initial anchorage.
(A) rode on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave) and coming to rest in the Atacama Desert, it was
(B) rode on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave), while it came to rest in the Atacama Desert,
(C) rode on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave) and came to rest in the Atacama Desert,
(D) riding on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave), to come to rest in the Atacama Desert
(E) riding on the crest of a tsunami (seismic sea wave), it had come to rest in the Atacama Desert, which is

[Beatrice Michael]

I am actually mainly confused here on C

X and Y implies that

X happened and at the same time Y happened ? is my understanding correct

So according to C it rode and at the same time came to rest hovv can this be possible

vvhat is vvrong vvith B - please explain

Thanks for your time

[tim]

As per the forum rules, we need a verifiable source for the problem before we can deal with this question. If the question is not one of ours or one that is copyright-free, we will have to delete the question..

And learn to use the "w" key on your keyboard!

[Beatrice Michael]

It is not about learning to use w on the keyboard ....my key (laptop) is missing ...... generally I I always use the right alphabet...

[tim]

absolutely hilarious! :) and yet you managed to type a w in this post.. :)

[Beatrice Michael]

I had to copy paste it.

but thankyou for all your responses anyvvays :)

[Willy]

Seems like only I have to work as peacekeeper everywhere. (At Home, office and GMAT) :-) (just kidding)

C is the correct answer.

In C it is clear that two events happened 'riding the wave' and 'coming to rest' but that doesn't mean both happened at the same time. Both these events are close but not 100% happening at same time.

On the other hand the usage of "WHILE" in option B makes it opposite of option C. WHILE means 'at the same time'.

Now, with the usage of WHILE, option B becomes illogical and says that 'riding the wave' and 'coming to rest' happened at the same time.

[Beatrice Michael]

Thankyou :)

[Willy]

Thankyou :)

You are welcome. :)

And I hope you get it. I think, I should have given an example for option C. (even to clarify my thinking)

in case you need it here it is...

I went to the Tesco mall and purchased chocolates.

Now, you can say, 2 things happened i.e. 'went' and 'purchased' but both happened in sequence. i.e. there would be a time-gap, no matter how less.

[now, I am clear with my thought process :) was thinking about it since my last post] Hope I am right.

[tim]

thanks Willy!

[AbhilashM94]

Does ''rode on the crest of a tsunami '' modify norther Chile or does it jump and modify USS Wateree?

[RonPurewal]

Does ''rode on the crest of a tsunami '' modify norther Chile or does it jump and modify USS Wateree?

"Rode" is a verb. Verbs don't "modify" things, since they aren't modifiers.

[advanceX667]

Excuse me. I can get the right answer. But would u pls clarify whether 'anchored in the harbor of Arica' modify 'Wateree' or be parallel to ' rode...and came..'. It seems to me that the comma is unnecessary in either case. Thanks in advance.

[RonPurewal]

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