Hi friends,
Below is a question I'm finding difficulty in answering.
Please help.
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
Please help.
OA after some discussions.
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IMO E.
"greatly beloved by generations past and present."
Should be using had been here as past and present both are involved.
"greatly beloved by generations past and present."
Should be using had been here as past and present both are involved.
Dean Jones wrote:Hi friends,
Below is a question I'm finding difficulty in answering.
Please help.
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
Please help.
OA after some discussions.
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Dean Jones wrote:Hi friends,
Below is a question I'm finding difficulty in answering.
Please help.
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---- unnecessary fragments
"¢ Herman Melville, the author, and Walt Whitman, the poet, had been icons
Please help.
OA after some discussions.
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D is quoting a list of four people here namely the author, Melville, the poet, and Whitman. It changes the original sentence which talks about only two people.OA is A. I wanted to know the problem with option D. Can anyone help?
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I agree with cyrwr1 -- grammatically, D lists three people. One would expect "the author Herman Melville" in the initial position.
