Phyllis Wheatley's poems

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Phyllis Wheatley's poems

by karthikpandian19 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:46 am
In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery,Judeo-Christian thought and figures,and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.

a.the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting

b.borrowing images from ancient classicism suggests

c.she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests

d.images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests

e. images that she borrowed from ancient classicism,suggesting
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by LalaB » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:00 am
D sounds good. the subject is "blending ". so D is ok

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by user123321 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:03 am
karthikpandian19 wrote:In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of solar imagery,Judeo-Christian thought and figures,and the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.

a.the images she borrowed from ancient classicism suggesting

b.borrowing images from ancient classicism suggests

c.she borrowed images from ancient classicism, which suggests

d.images borrowed from ancient classicism suggests

e. images that she borrowed from ancient classicism,suggesting
[spoiler]is it D?[/spoiler]

simple present tense should be proper here and also parallelism indicates it should start with a noun.

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by ArunangsuSahu » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:17 am
"the blending" is the subject and " images........suggests"..parallel


So (D) is the choice

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by karthikpandian19 » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:32 pm
OA is D

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