Times past or Past times? + meaning SC

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Times past or Past times? + meaning SC

by beastheart » Tue May 18, 2010 1:00 pm
From a growing interest in times past have emerged a movement in television and the internet that are focussed on creating "edutainment" programming,recounting the most exciting stories of human history.

A- in times past have emerged a movement in television and the internet that are focussed
B- in times past has emerged a movement in television and the internet that is focussed
C- times that are past has emerged a movement in television and the internet that focus
D- past times have emerged a movement in television and the internet that are focussed
E- past times has emerged a movement in television and the internet that focus

"movement" is singular so definitely "has", limiting choices to B and E (c is wordy/awkward)
Is "past times" worse usage than "times past" and changes it from singular to plural ?
does choice "E" change the meaning of the sentence, Please comment ?

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by hariharakarthi » Tue May 18, 2010 1:16 pm
IMO E.

From a growing interest in times past have emerged a movement in television and the internet that are focussed on creating "edutainment" programming,recounting the most exciting stories of human history.

Core Sentence:
A movement in TV and internet has emerged from a growing interest in past times.
This movement focus on creating X.
This emerge recounting the history.

Between B and E
in times past vs past times

in times past : a prepostional phrase

past times : noun adjective

We can collapse a prepostional phrase other than "of" into noun- adjective. Experts please confirm this.

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by analyst218 » Tue May 18, 2010 1:33 pm
IT'S GOTTA be B.
from a growing interest past times does not make sense as per context.

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by beastheart » Tue May 18, 2010 9:14 pm
hariharakarthi wrote:IMO E.

From a growing interest in times past have emerged a movement in television and the internet that are focussed on creating "edutainment" programming,recounting the most exciting stories of human history.

Core Sentence:
A movement in TV and internet has emerged from a growing interest in past times.
This movement focus on creating X.
This emerge recounting the history.

Between B and E
in times past vs past times

in times past : a prepostional phrase

past times : noun adjective

We can collapse a prepostional phrase other than "of" into noun- adjective. Experts please confirm this.

What is the OA?
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by sumanr84 » Tue May 18, 2010 9:33 pm
IMO:B

D,E - Meaning is awkward, "IN" is a vital component and cannot be left out
C - awkward
A - have emerged is wrong as the subject is a growing interest
B - looks to be best option

In option B, a movement in television and the internet should have Singular Subject because Subject is "a movement" and not the compound subject [connected with AND]
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by ansumania » Thu May 20, 2010 8:18 pm
hariharakarthi wrote:IMO E.

From a growing interest in times past have emerged a movement in television and the internet that are focussed on creating "edutainment" programming,recounting the most exciting stories of human history.

Core Sentence:
A movement in TV and internet has emerged from a growing interest in past times.
This movement focus on creating X.
This emerge recounting the history.

Between B and E
in times past vs past times

in times past : a prepostional phrase

past times : noun adjective

We can collapse a prepostional phrase other than "of" into noun- adjective. Experts please confirm this.

What is the OA?
OA B....

would still like to understand the concept that you have put forth.....will someone pl. explain?