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by BTGmoderatorDC » Sun Jun 17, 2018 5:29 pm

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Ezra Pound, considered by some to be one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, was the editor who did most of the editing work on T.S Eliot's Waste Land, a little known fact.

A. Ezra Pound, considered by some to be one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, was the editor who did most of the editing work on T.S Eliot's Waste Land, a little known fact.

B. Ezra Pound, considered one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, was the primary editor of T.S Eliot's Waste Land, a fact not well known by many.

C. It is little known fact that Ezra Pound, considered one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, was the primary editor of T.S Eliot's Waste Land

D. It is little known that poet Ezra Pound, considered as one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, edited the majority of T.S Eliot's Waste Land.

E. Ezra Pound, one of the 20th century's foremost poets, did most of the editing work for T.S Eliot's Waste Land, this is a little known fact.
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by deloitte247 » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:59 pm

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Option A - INCORRECT.
The flow of the sentence from the beginning was good with the use of '','' after the noun but it was missing after the ''some'' because a deep breathe was still needed and there was suppose to be a pause in between because an explanation of who the subject matter was is still been spoken of.

Option B - CORRECT.
This sentence was well explanatory, the rhythm of the sentence was maintained from start to finish with the use of '','' at the right place. The use of ''Primary'' to connote the personality of the subject matter during the 20th century gives a well defined explanation of his great works which is '' a fact not know by many''. It is presented in a simple and explanatory enough for a layman to understand.

Option C - INCORRECT.
It started well but the continuation was unable to flow rightly in a simple and understandable formation of who the subject matter was during his time.

Option D - INCORRECT.
Here, the people who considered Ezra pound was not noted in the sentence, and thus making the sentence incomplete and not well explanatory.

Option E - INCORRECT.
In this option, the flow of the sentence was broken by the use of '','' when explaining who Ezra Pound was in the 20th century and also the level of people who knew him during this period was not indicated.
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by Keith@ThePrincetonReview » Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:25 pm

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BTGmoderatorDC wrote:Ezra Pound, considered by some to be one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, was the editor who did most of the editing work on T.S Eliot's Waste Land, a little known fact.

A. Ezra Pound, considered by some to be one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, was the editor who did most of the editing work on T.S Eliot's Waste Land, a little known fact.

B. Ezra Pound, considered one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, was the primary editor of T.S Eliot's Waste Land, a fact not well known by many.

C. It is little known fact that Ezra Pound, considered one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, was the primary editor of T.S Eliot's Waste Land

D. It is little known that poet Ezra Pound, considered as one of the foremost poets of the 20th century, edited the majority of T.S Eliot's Waste Land.

E. Ezra Pound, one of the 20th century's foremost poets, did most of the editing work for T.S Eliot's Waste Land, this is a little known fact.

The sentence contains a number of phrases that are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas, so look for modifier errors.

The phrase "a little known fact", which follows the sentence's final comma, is an appositive phrase (also called a noun phrase).
An appositive phrase describes the noun immediately next to it in the sentence.
Thus, the original sentence states that T.S. Eliot's Waste Land is a little known fact.

The sentence intends to state that Pound's editing of Waste Land is a little known fact, not that Waste Land is a little known fact.
Eliminate choice A and look for obvious repeaters. Choice B makes a similar error, so eliminate choice B.

Now, check the remaining answers for new errors.
Choice D introduces an idiom error. The word "considered" should not be followed by the preposition "as".
"I considered her a friend" is correct, but "considered her as a friend" and "considered her to be a friend" are incorrect.
Eliminate choice D.

Choice E lacks a coordinating conjunction, which is required to join the independent clause "this is a little known fact" to the rest of the sentence.
Eliminate choice E.

The correct answer is choice C.
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