As if this vast local power in the tendinous tail was not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, and while passing on either side of the loins and running down into the flukes, insensibly blend with them, and largely contribute to their might.
A.was not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, and while passing on either side of the loins and running
B.were not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, which passing on either side of the loins and running
C.was not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, while they pass on either side of the loins, run
D.was not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, which pass on either side of the loins and run
E.were not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, pass on either side of the loins and while running
Here, we are talking about hypothetical case. So, subjunctive is required.
The choices are filtered out to B and E.
E looks like a fragment.
B.As if this vast local power in the tendinous tail were not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, which passing on either side of the loins and running down into the flukes, insensibly blend with them, and largely contribute to their might.
The above sentence implies this:
filaments are passing on either side of the loins and running down.
But I couldn't understand to what 'blend' and 'contribute' refer. In other words, what is the subject: the bulk or Fibres and filaments ?
As if this vast local power(subjunctive)
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What does the bulk do?gocoder wrote:B.As if this vast local power in the tendinous tail were not enough, the whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, which passing on either side of the loins and running down into the flukes, insensibly blend with them, and largely contribute to their might.
The above sentence implies this:
filaments are passing on either side of the loins and running down.
But I couldn't understand to what 'blend' and 'contribute' refer. In other words, what is the subject: the bulk or Fibres and filaments ?
What does "which" refer to?
(I think there should be a comma after "which".)
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Marty Murray wrote:
What does the bulk do?
What does "which" refer to?
(I think there should be a comma after "which".)
Does it mean this: "passing on either side of the loins and running" modifies bulk.
which blend and contribute modify "filaments" ?
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Nope.gocoder wrote:Marty Murray wrote:
What does the bulk do?
What does "which" refer to?
(I think there should be a comma after "which".)
Does it mean this: "passing on either side of the loins and running" modifies bulk.
What is knit over with a warp and woof?
Basically, or even "muscular fibres and filaments, which ... blend ... and contribute ..."which blend and contribute modify "filaments" ?
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I think I've understand this:Marty Murray wrote:
What is knit over with a warp and woof?
Basically, or even "muscular fibres and filaments, which ... blend ... and contribute ..."
The whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, which[muscular fibres and filaments], passing on either side of the loins and running down into the flukes, insensibly blend with them, and largely contribute to their might.
PS: Adding the comma after "which" simplifies this question.
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Ok, now you have nailed it. Nice.gocoder wrote:I think I've understand this:Marty Murray wrote:
What is knit over with a warp and woof?
Basically, or even "muscular fibres and filaments, which ... blend ... and contribute ..."
The whole bulk of the leviathan is knit over with a warp and woof of muscular fibres and filaments, which[muscular fibres and filaments], passing on either side of the loins and running down into the flukes, insensibly blend with them, and largely contribute to their might.
PS: Adding the comma after "which" simplifies this question.
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