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A history of the humanities in the 20th century could be chronicled in "isms" — formalism, Freudianism, structuralism, postcolonialism — grand intellectual cathedrals which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread from.

A. grand intellectual cathedrals which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread from.
B. grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread.
C. grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spreads.
D. which are grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations for literature, politics and culture is spreading.
E. grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture has spread

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A small hyphen or Dash - is generally used to provide details about whatever is said before the Dash.

here the underlined part explains about the 4 -isms and what do they do in our life.

A - Incorrect for using improper active voice - "cathedrals which assorted" would mean cathedrals assorted the interpretations - which does not make sense.

C. Verb - "spreads" - does not fit here, as in the non-underlined part the verb used is "chronicled"

D. double and un-required use of "which"

E. Assorted Interpretations - plural would need "have spread" and not {has spread}.

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makes sense, in passive voice.

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C. Verb - "spreads" - does not fit here, as in the non-underlined part the verb used is "chronicled"

Also, the noun is "interpretations" for which we should have plural "spread" and not singular "spreads"

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A history of the humanities in the 20th century could be chronicled in "isms" — formalism, Freudianism, structuralism, postcolonialism — grand intellectual cathedrals which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread from.

A. grand intellectual cathedrals which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread from. // incorrect placement of preposition from.
B. grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spread. // correct
C. grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture spreads.// Spreads is in correct.
D. which are grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations for literature, politics and culture is spreading. \\ Setence after hyphen should be IC.
E. grand intellectual cathedrals from which assorted interpretations of literature, politics and culture has spread // we don't require present perfect here as this is author is making a general claim.

Re: A history of the humanities in the 20th century [#permalink] 06 Oct 2012, 18:32

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