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by Dean Jones » Sat Oct 22, 2011 12:34 am
Hi friends,

Below is a question I'm finding difficulty in answering.
Please help.

The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature,
greatly beloved by generations past and present.

"¢ The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons
"¢ Herman Melville the author and Walt Whitman the poet are icons
"¢ The author named Herman Melville and the poet named Walt Whitman are great icons
"¢ The author, Herman Melville, and the poet, Walt Whitman, are icons
"¢ Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

Please help.

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by mukgera » Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:36 am
IMO E.
"greatly beloved by generations past and present."
Should be using had been here as past and present both are involved.

Dean Jones wrote:Hi friends,

Below is a question I'm finding difficulty in answering.
Please help.

The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature,
greatly beloved by generations past and present.

"¢ The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons
"¢ Herman Melville the author and Walt Whitman the poet are icons
"¢ The author named Herman Melville and the poet named Walt Whitman are great icons
"¢ The author, Herman Melville, and the poet, Walt Whitman, are icons
"¢ Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

Please help.

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by zooki » Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:46 am
A. Don't see any mistake.
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by aspirant2011 » Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:57 am
Dean Jones wrote:Hi friends,

Below is a question I'm finding difficulty in answering.
Please help.

The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature,
greatly beloved by generations past and present.

"¢ The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons
"¢ Herman Melville the author and Walt Whitman the poet are icons
"¢ The author named Herman Melville and the poet named Walt Whitman are great icons
"¢ The author, Herman Melville, and the poet, Walt Whitman, are icons---- unnecessary fragments
"¢ Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

Please help.

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by mankey » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:10 am
A for me.

What is the OA?

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by Dean Jones » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:07 am
OA is A. I wanted to know the problem with option D. Can anyone help?
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by krishnakumar.ks » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:50 am
OA is A. I wanted to know the problem with option D. Can anyone help?
D is quoting a list of four people here namely the author, Melville, the poet, and Whitman. It changes the original sentence which talks about only two people.
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by cyrwr1 » Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:34 pm
Choice D changes the question to 3 people: Author,Melville , and Whitman
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:41 pm
I agree with cyrwr1 -- grammatically, D lists three people. One would expect "the author Herman Melville" in the initial position.
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