I would go with E.
I Don't know the clear cut rules either but I feel dash is used to explain or add related information in a text.
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x2suresh
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Clearly C,D,E wrong
One of the novels written a Black American --> which means.. all three novels written by one Black American . next sentence contradicts that..
we are listing novels written by other authors.
So between A and B.
A is clearly out.
We are taking about novels.
X is One of the best three novels.... , including Y, Z
Y and Z must be novels.
B is my answer.
what is OA
One of the novels written a Black American --> which means.. all three novels written by one Black American . next sentence contradicts that..
we are listing novels written by other authors.
So between A and B.
A is clearly out.
We are taking about novels.
X is One of the best three novels.... , including Y, Z
Y and Z must be novels.
B is my answer.
what is OA
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I think B is wrong I think for two reasons
[Black Americans] here Jean Toomer is single person so it should be [a Black American]
so out of C,D and E C is wrong as the idiomatic sentence should use
[the others being]
and now in first part of sentence reference is made to three novels hence the later part should also refer to novels
hence I would go with E
[Black Americans] here Jean Toomer is single person so it should be [a Black American]
so out of C,D and E C is wrong as the idiomatic sentence should use
[the others being]
and now in first part of sentence reference is made to three novels hence the later part should also refer to novels
hence I would go with E
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Ans: Option E
We should have 'a Black American' in place of 'Black Americans' as I think the latter refer to multiple authors for the same book whereas the former refers to to any Black American,
which is similar to:
Anthony Hopkin's Silence of the Lambs is one of the best performances by an actor
The second part should be parallel to the novel rather than the author
We should have 'a Black American' in place of 'Black Americans' as I think the latter refer to multiple authors for the same book whereas the former refers to to any Black American,
which is similar to:
Anthony Hopkin's Silence of the Lambs is one of the best performances by an actor
The second part should be parallel to the novel rather than the author
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In future, please type out the entire problem; do not use an image unless there is a graphic associated with the problem and that graphic cannot be reproduced in text. When you post an image, we can't see it at the bottom of the page when we post the reply, so it takes a lot longer to answer b/c we have to keep moving back and forth between two windows. I'll answer this one this time, but next time, I'll ask you to type out the problem (this is actually one of the forum rules, by the way...
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This is a tricky one. There's a list of three things here, but the list is split into two locations, and that allows them to introduce an error. Is the list a list of the three Black Americans? Or is the list a list of the three best novels? The sentence tells us it's the three best novels, so we have to have each item in the list in the form of the name of the novel. The first one (non-underlined) is: Jean Toomer's Cane, but the next two concentrate on the author's names.
Eliminate A. Eliminate C and D for the same reason.
Next, we've got the singular / plural split on Black American(s). Let's strip things down a bit: "Cane <is> one <of the best> novel(s) written by..." Cane was written by one person (as was each of the other novels), so the lead-in should be singular.
Finally, the first item on the list is "Jean Toomer's Cane." We start with the possessive form of the author's name and then follow with the title. B does not do this but E does - and, since this is a list, we want that parallel structure for the items on the list.
There's also an additional ambiguity in choices B and C. Using "including" after the hyphen opens up the possibility that we mean "Black Americans, including <list names of Black Americans>." In other words, the focus could be on Black Americans, not a list of novels.
In future, please type out the entire problem; do not use an image unless there is a graphic associated with the problem and that graphic cannot be reproduced in text. When you post an image, we can't see it at the bottom of the page when we post the reply, so it takes a lot longer to answer b/c we have to keep moving back and forth between two windows. I'll answer this one this time, but next time, I'll ask you to type out the problem (this is actually one of the forum rules, by the way...
).This is a tricky one. There's a list of three things here, but the list is split into two locations, and that allows them to introduce an error. Is the list a list of the three Black Americans? Or is the list a list of the three best novels? The sentence tells us it's the three best novels, so we have to have each item in the list in the form of the name of the novel. The first one (non-underlined) is: Jean Toomer's Cane, but the next two concentrate on the author's names.
Eliminate A. Eliminate C and D for the same reason.
Next, we've got the singular / plural split on Black American(s). Let's strip things down a bit: "Cane <is> one <of the best> novel(s) written by..." Cane was written by one person (as was each of the other novels), so the lead-in should be singular.
Finally, the first item on the list is "Jean Toomer's Cane." We start with the possessive form of the author's name and then follow with the title. B does not do this but E does - and, since this is a list, we want that parallel structure for the items on the list.
There's also an additional ambiguity in choices B and C. Using "including" after the hyphen opens up the possibility that we mean "Black Americans, including <list names of Black Americans>." In other words, the focus could be on Black Americans, not a list of novels.
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Thanks stacey .. I am out of confusion..
In my list of rules I was giving lot of preference for word being ..
I just eliminated the ans choice even before reading.. But now i feel i need to give low priority to the being rule .
ANd i am sorry for not typing the question .. dint realize the difficulty you would face.. I will type next time onwards.
Other questions as of now i ve got solutions somewhat ..
In my list of rules I was giving lot of preference for word being ..
I just eliminated the ans choice even before reading.. But now i feel i need to give low priority to the being rule .
ANd i am sorry for not typing the question .. dint realize the difficulty you would face.. I will type next time onwards.
Other questions as of now i ve got solutions somewhat ..
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Re: "being," I'm skeptical when I see the word, but I don't cross something off because of it. Same thing when I see something especially wordy / awkward. The first thing I do is go after all of the grammar. If, after I've dealt with all of the grammar and meaning, I have two choices left and one contains being and one doesn't, then I'll pick the one that doesn't contain being. (Or, if I'm left with two choices and one is more awkward than the other, then I pick the one that's less awkward.)
Basically, I use it as a tie-break when I've already dealt with everything else that I can deal with. Most of the time, I don't actually have to decide based upon "being" at all!
Basically, I use it as a tie-break when I've already dealt with everything else that I can deal with. Most of the time, I don't actually have to decide based upon "being" at all!
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Oh, just saw the last post - I was replying to the one before that! It is very easy to use "being" incorrectly in a sentence, so most of the time, "being" is indeed wrong. But it is not always wrong - it is a real word and can be used correctly in a sentence!
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