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Epic literature has often been described as a great story

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Epic literature has often been described as a great story told greatly

(A) Epic literature has often been described as a great story told greatly
(B) Epic literature has been described as a great story oftne told greatly
(C) Oftne told greatly, epic literature has often been described as a great story
(D) Told greatly, epic literature is often described as a great story.
(E) A great story, epic literature is often described as a greatly told.



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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   14 Apr 2005, 01:19
tough one...

D) ! "told greatly" modifies "epic literature"; word-order is right; passive voice is parallel => is told and is described
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   14 Apr 2005, 01:42
(A) Epic literature has often been described as a great story told greatly
- great story greatly told is awkward

(B) Epic literature has been described as a great story often told greatly
- Same problem above.

(C) Oftne told greatly, epic literature has often been described as a great story
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(D) Told greatly, epic literature is often described as a great story.

(E) A great story, epic literature is often described as a greatly told.
- Greatly told turns into a noun. Wrong.

Between C and D, I'll go with D. It just sounds more appropriate.
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   14 Apr 2005, 01:52
A.

IMO D changes the meaning that is put across in A.
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   14 Apr 2005, 05:35
I will go with 'A'

All other choices alters the intent of the original sentence.

'D' - Epic literature is not told greatly instead it is called an epic literature because, it is a great story which is narrated well.
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2005, 08:24
OA is A!!!
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2005, 08:30
OA is A!!!
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2005, 08:44
can anyone explain what's wrong with "B" or how "A" is better than "B".
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2005, 09:19
banerjeea_98 wrote:
can anyone explain what's wrong with "B" or how "A" is better than "B".

It is the epic literature that is often described as a great story and not as mentioned in B which states that the epic literature is often told greatly.
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2005, 10:19
Have a doubt on this, if the entire sentence is underlined, how r we supposed to know what the intended meaning is ? What is the rule in that case. Underline means the part of the sentence can be replaced/fixed, in this case the whole sentence can be replaced. Both B and A are correct, but with diff meaning. Do we just choose "A" just becose it is grammatically correct and ignore B in cases like these ?
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2005, 11:02
banerjeea_98 wrote:
Do we just choose "A" just becose it is grammatically correct and ignore B in cases like these ?


I guess it makes sense that way because why look for other choices if you don't find anything wrong with it.
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Re: Epic literature has often been described as a great story [#permalink] New post   15 Apr 2005, 18:01
(A) is correct. (B) changes meaning.

banerjeea_98 wrote:
Have a doubt on this, if the entire sentence is underlined, how r we supposed to know what the intended meaning is ? What is the rule in that case. Underline means the part of the sentence can be replaced/fixed, in this case the whole sentence can be replaced. Both B and A are correct, but with diff meaning. Do we just choose "A" just becose it is grammatically correct and ignore B in cases like these ?


Note that intended meaning of Original Sentence (irrespective of whether sentence is gramatically wrong or right) is always the correct meaning.

Well, this is my Opinion.



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