{"id":413,"date":"2011-05-26T21:02:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T04:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=413"},"modified":"2022-11-15T18:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:56:07","slug":"sound-can-travel-through-water-for-enormous-distances-gmatprep-verbal-review-blue-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/sound-can-travel-through-water-for-enormous-distances-gmatprep-verbal-review-blue-108\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound can travel through water for enormous distances \u2026GMATPrep & OG Verbal II#108"},"content":{"rendered":"A <\/span> 3<\/span> min read <\/span><\/span>\n

Sound can travel through water for enormous distances, prevented from dissipating its acoustic energy as a result of boundaries in the ocean created by water layers of different temperatures and densities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A) prevented from dissipating its acoustic energy as a result of
B) prevented from having its acoustic energy dissipated by
C) its acoustic energy prevented from dissipating by
D) its acoustic energy prevented from being dissipated as a result of
E) preventing its acoustic energy from dissipating by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does this question test?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This question tests your skill in inferring the intended meaning from a sentence written in an incorrect manner.  It also tests your understanding of advanced modifiers \u2013 modifiers that modify the preceding clause.  Two such modifiers are used in two different answer choices and only one of the modifiers is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does the sentence mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This sentence does not communicate the meaning effectively.  Thus clearly, this sentence has meaning error.  However, the implied meaning of this sentence is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Sound can travel through water for long distances.<\/li>
  2. The acoustic energy of sound is prevented from dissipating because of the boundaries in the ocean.  These boundaries are created by water layers of different temperatures and densities.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Now it is logical to say that because of 2, 1 happens.  That is because the acoustic energy of sound is not dissipated easily, sound can travel through water for long distances.  At this point you can picture in your mind that these two facts can be connected in multiple ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n