SC Question

[RonPurewal]

here are two posts that specifically address "with + noun + __ing" (which does NOT work the same way as it would if "with" were replaced by a different preposition):

https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... tml#p62683

gas-electric-company-t7376-15.html#p102566

[harika.apu]

If it had been vanished instead of vanishing, would the statement have been correct? Below :

Five hundred million different species of living creatures have appeared on earth, nearly 99 percent of them (noun phrase) vanished (modifier).

Thank you very much

nope.

"__ed"-type modifiers correspond to passive verbs. i.e., using an "__ed" modifier is functionally equivalent to saying that something is/was ___ed.

e.g.,
The paintings were all gone, many of them stolen by thieves who would later resell them on the black market. --> many of the paintings were stolen.
("stolen" doesn't literally end with __ed, but it's the same type of modifier as what you're asking about.)

it's not possible to write that something "was vanished" (since it's likewise impossible to say that "i vanished something"), so this particular construction is incorrect in any context.

Hi Ron ,
I understand that it cannot be "was" vanished
But it can be written as "have" vanished right ?
But in that case there are two complete sentences connected by a comma - this is wrong

[RonPurewal]

But in that case there are two complete sentences connected by a comma - this is wrong

^^ this is a correct assertion. (that version would be wrong.)

but... why keep making up choices that aren't there? not a good habit.

[karthick]

Source: Scoretop Forum Post. I know you don't recognize this source as appropriate for study, but I came across this.

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[RonPurewal]

so, you actually found that source in our banned sources list... but you posted the problem anyway?
that's an interesting decision.

sorry, but, banned sources are banned sources. we can't use them. thank you in advance for respecting the forum rules.