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First published in 1946, and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach laid the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days (A) and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach laid the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days (B and laying the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach compared the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible. (C) Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach, compares the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, and lays the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days (D) and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach, lays the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days (E) and comparing Homer’s Odyssey with the Bible and the ways the world appears in both , Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach laid the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days (OA under spoiler after 5 answers)
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Re: Odyssey, the Bible, and Mimesis [#permalink]
21 Oct 2010, 13:07
Should be C. Most logical and sequential sentence flow than the rest.
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Let us just get hold of the gist. 1. A book first - published - in 1946 – a past participle is rightly used. 2. A book is - comparing - something ( even as of today) so a present participle – comparing – is rightly used. 3. Comparison is between the way world appears in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible. Comparison is not between the whole books of Odyssey and Bible. 4. The book laid the foundation for something beginning from early times to his days. - To his days - is the key here, restricting the foundation as something of a past and not applicable at the moment. So the correct expression for this will be a simple past – laid -. It may be seen that only A fits in (A) and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach – laid - the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days – Right choice (B and laying the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach compared the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible. Wrong because, comparison should come first and then the laying the foundation (C) Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach, compares the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, and lays the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days wrong (D) and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach, lays the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days wrong (E) and comparing Homer’s Odyssey with the Bible and the ways the world appears in both, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach laid the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days E – Compares Homer’s Odyssey with the Bible which alters the intent.
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daagh wrote: Let us just get hold of the gist.
1. A book first - published - in 1946 – a past participle is rightly used.
2. A book is -comparing - something ( even as of today) so a present participle – comparing – is rightly used.
3. Comparison is between the way world appears in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible. Comparison is not between the whole books of Odyssey and Bible.
4. The book laid the foundation for something beginning from early times to his days. - To his days - is the key here, frestricting the foundation as something of a past and is not applicable at the moment. So the correct expression for this will be a simple past – laid -.
It may be seen that only A fits in
(A) and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach – laid - the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days –
Right choice
(B and laying the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach compared the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible.
Wrong because, comparison should come first and then the laying the foundation
(C) Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach, compares the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, and lays the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days
wrong
(D) and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach, lays the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days
wrong
(E) and comparing Homer’s Odyssey with the Bible and the ways the world appears in both, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach laid the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days
E – Compares Homer’s Odyssey with the Bible which alters the intent. Thanks for your brief explanation...
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Kudos Daagh. I originally answered C, but 'lays' is obviously wrong. (c) *lays* the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning *from the very early times to his days* It's frustrating how I make these same mistakes over and over again.
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anyone helps me explain why the word 'appear" is in the present tense form, not past form
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Why C is not the answer? Already explained by me in my gist in this same thread.
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daagh wrote: First published in 1946, and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach laid the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days
(A) and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach laid the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days
(B and laying the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach compared the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible.
(C) Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach, compares the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, and lays the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days
(D) and comparing the ways the world appears both in Homer’s Odyssey and in the Bible, Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach, lays the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days
(E) and comparing Homer’s Odyssey with the Bible and the ways the world appears in both , Mimesis, a philosophical treatise written by Auerbach laid the foundation for a unified theory of western literature beginning from the very early times to his days
(OA under spoiler after 5 answers) Initially went with C, but i think the word "lays" is incorrect to use because, the treatise had already been bublished and so "laid" is the correct word to use...........But i am not sure about this answer..Plz correct me if i am wrong....
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You are right and between A and E which use ‘ laid’, E is out because of altered intent
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C is the best answer in my opinion.
For all the other options "first published in" modifies Mimesis, which it needs to touch. Furthermore "and" after a comma is only used to connect two main clauses and "first published in" obviously isn't a main clause since there's no subject.
However, the tenses in C should be past, so I don't really see a clear correct answer, I'd just say that C is the best.
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BN1989 wrote: C is the best answer in my opinion.
For all the other options "first published in" modifies Mimesis, which it needs to touch. Furthermore "and" after a comma is only used to connect two main clauses and "first published in" obviously isn't a main clause since there's no subject.
However, the tenses in C should be past, so I don't really see a clear correct answer, I'd just say that C is the best. "first published in" past participle phrase and " and comparing the ways the world appears ..." present participle phrase both are modifying the same noun "Mimesis" so the modifiers are not misplaced actually, for ex "tired, but still practicing hard, Nadal is far tenacious than his other opponents"'
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Answer cannot be A, since it contains 2 modifiers Back-to-Back.
Its has to be C, since, the structure of the sentence is :
Modifier, Memesis, Modifer, compares this to this.
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who laid the foundation? Mimesis or Auerbach? Confused, if OA is A.
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alex39 wrote: BN1989 wrote: C is the best answer in my opinion.
For all the other options "first published in" modifies Mimesis, which it needs to touch. Furthermore "and" after a comma is only used to connect two main clauses and "first published in" obviously isn't a main clause since there's no subject.
However, the tenses in C should be past, so I don't really see a clear correct answer, I'd just say that C is the best. "first published in" past participle phrase and " and comparing the ways the world appears ..." present participle phrase both are modifying the same noun "Mimesis" so the modifiers are not misplaced actually, for ex "tired, but still practicing hard, Nadal is far tenacious than his other opponents"' You're right, "Mimesis" is modified by two phrases, which are seperated by a comma and "and". Although I think this is a little wordy, it's perfectly correct grammatically.
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BDSunDevil wrote: who laid the foundation? Mimesis or Auerbach? Confused, if OA is A. Mimesis is the subject of the sentence and hence "laid the foundation".
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Even i got C. But E seems better... laid is correct
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