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
oa D
Phyllis Wheatley's
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(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
with a, c, e, the sentence would not have verb.
between b and d, d sounded better.
my question is "suggests" is verb then what is the subject?
i just hate inverted sentence.
can anybody advise how to approach inverted sentence more clearly?...
(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
with a, c, e, the sentence would not have verb.
between b and d, d sounded better.
my question is "suggests" is verb then what is the subject?
i just hate inverted sentence.
can anybody advise how to approach inverted sentence more clearly?...
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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
She is not a possessive pronoun and hence any answer with she is eliminated, whic leaves us B and D
B is wrong because borrowing is not parallel.
Here blending of X Y and Z is correct parallelism
x= solar imagery
y= thoughts and ...
z = images borrowed...
(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
She is not a possessive pronoun and hence any answer with she is eliminated, whic leaves us B and D
B is wrong because borrowing is not parallel.
Here blending of X Y and Z is correct parallelism
x= solar imagery
y= thoughts and ...
z = images borrowed...
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That refers to her influences.fred3win wrote:But I wonder, " not the least of which is her African heritage", what does which refer to ?
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Beware lists in SC; sometimes I replace the entire list with the word "stuff" to simplify, as in:nervesofsteel wrote:D it is..
Though finding of subject "blending" was TOUGH
In her later poems, Phyllis Wheatley's blending of [stuff] suggests her range and depth of influences, not the least of which is her African heritage.
It can make it easier to spot the subject.
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Please answer to this question, as asked by someone before on this thread.But I wonder, " not the least of which is her African heritage", what does which refer to ?
thanks. really confused..
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That's right, if you get blending of x,y and z, this question is within to be taken.
nervesofsteel wrote:D it is..
Though finding of subject "blending" was TOUGH
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Isn't the subject plural here. If it is, shouldn't we use "suggest" instead of "suggests".ska7945 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
oa D
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the subject is "the blending of X, Y, and Z", not just "X, Y, and Z".vishal.pathak wrote: Isn't the subject plural here. If it is, shouldn't we use "suggest" instead of "suggests".
this construction -- like all gerunds (-ING nouns) -- is singular.
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