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Ashujain: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 123; Joined: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:36 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 29 times

by Ashujain » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:23 pm

The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature, greatly beloved by generations past and present.

"¢ The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons
"¢ Herman Melville the author and Walt Whitman the poet are icons
"¢ The author named Herman Melville and the poet named Walt Whitman are great icons
"¢ The author, Herman Melville, and the poet, Walt Whitman, are icons
"¢ Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

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by confuse mind » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:45 pm

IMO - D

I found tese questions ery good, an you please quote te soure please

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by 1947 » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:00 pm

Ashujain wrote:The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons of American literature, greatly beloved by generations past and present.

"¢ The author Herman Melville and the poet Walt Whitman are icons
"¢ Herman Melville the author and Walt Whitman the poet are icons
"¢ The author named Herman Melville and the poet named Walt Whitman are great icons
"¢ The author, Herman Melville, and the poet, Walt Whitman, are icons
"¢ Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons

sentence intends to say -> HM and WM are icons ...but it is saying author and poet are icons.
so B is correct...whats the OA ?

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Ashujain: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 123; Joined: Fri Apr 20, 2012 4:36 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 29 times

by Ashujain » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:50 pm

OA: A

The original sentence is correct. The modifiers "Herman Melville" and "Walt Whitman"
are restrictive - they are necessary to restrict the scope of the words "author" and
"poet" respectively - and hence the use of comma pairs to set off the modifiers is not
appropriate here. In addition, the context of the sentence implies that the men
continue to be icons of American literature since they are beloved by generations
both past and present; hence the use of the present tense "are" is appropriate.
(A) The original sentence is correct as written.
(B) The modifiers "the author" and "the poet" for "Herman Melville" and "Walt
Whitman" respectively are non-restrictive - they are not necessary to identify the
subjects and only serve to add information - and hence should be set off with comma
pairs (e.g., "Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, ...."
(C) The phrases "The author named Herman Melville" and "the poet named Walt
Whitman" are unnecessarily wordy. In addition, an icon of something has implied
greatness; hence, the phrase "great icon" is redundant.
(D) The restrictive modifiers "Herman Melville" and "Walt Whitman" are improperly set
off by comma pairs.
(E) The modifiers "the author" and "the poet" are non-restrictive and properly set off
with comma pairs. The tense of the verb "had been" is not appropriate since it is
implied by the context of this sentence that the men continue to be icons of American
literature.

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