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The primary drama

by YellowSapphire » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:15 am
The primary drama of Homer's famed Iliad revolves around anger amongst the renowned and wrathful warrior Achilles and Agamemnon, the King of Mycenae and the leader of Achaean army.

A) revolves around anger amongst the renowned and wrathful warrior Achilles and Agamemnon, the King of Mycenae and the leader of Achaean army
B) revolve in the anger between the renowned and wrathful warrior Achilles and the King of Mycenae and the leader of the Achaean army Agamemnon
C) revolves around the anger between Achilles, a renowned and wrathful warrior, and Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the leader of the Achaean army
D) revolves in the anger between Achilles, a renowned and wrathful warrior, and Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the leader of the Achaean army
E) revolve around Achilles, a renowned and wrathful warrior, and his anger toward Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the leader of the Achaean army

Lets analyze C and D.
C: The primary drama revolves around the anger
D: The primary drama revolves in the anger

Which one is better and why?

OA: C
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by sumanr84 » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:30 am
I would go with C.

X revolves in Y does not sound good..IMO, its not idiomatic. revolves around is better.
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by clock60 » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:33 am
it seems that revolves around is redundant, how it is possible to revolve other than around?
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by selango » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:36 am
IMO C..

revolves around is correct...
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by tomada » Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:40 am
As someone else pointed, out, "resolves around" is idiomatically correct. Your question is well-taken, because an object which revolves is inherently doing so about another object. The key is that, in this context, "revolves around" is not referring to the behavior of a physical object.

clock60 wrote:it seems that revolves around is redundant, how it is possible to revolve other than around?
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by indiantiger » Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:17 am
Will go ith C.
Revolves is needed to go with drama and "revolves around" sounds correct.
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by 22 » Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:27 am
3 things are to be taken in consideration while solving this:

1. "Revolves around" is the correct idiom.

2. Between... and .. is the correct construction.

3. ....., additional info, ....... , additional info, .. is the correct way of placement

Undoubtedly "C" is the best choice.
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