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In Greek theology the supreme being was Esaugetu Emissee [#permalink]
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In Greek theology the supreme being was Esaugetu Emissee (Master of Breath), who dwelt in an upper realm in which the sky was the floor, and who had the power to give and to take away the breath of life.
A. in which the sky was the floor, and who had the power to give and to take
B. where the sky was the floor, having the power to give and to take
C. whose floor was the sky, and who has the power of giving and of taking
D. in which the sky was the floor, with the power of giving and taking
E. whose floor was the sky, having the power to give and take
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Re: Master of Breath [#permalink]
21 Sep 2007, 22:30
dwivedys wrote: rishi2377 wrote: In Greek theology the supreme being was Esaugetu Emissee (Master of Breath), who dwelt in an upper realm in which the sky was the floor, and who had the power to give and to take away the breath of life.
A. in which the sky was the floor, and who had the power to give and to take
B. where the sky was the floor, having the power to give and to take
Suggests the upper realm has a place where the sky becomes the floor as opposed to the upper realm being characterised by this quality.
C. whose floor was the sky, and who has the power of giving and of taking
No need of present "has". The sentence is in past.
D. in which the sky was the floor, with the power of giving and taking
the prepo phrase "with the power.." modifies floor giving an illogical meaning
E. whose floor was the sky, having the power to give and take
the sky didn't have the powers in question
Pretty good que. A. good explanation. A is the best choice because the other answer choices leaves illogical reasoning and more ambiguity.
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Re: Master of Breath [#permalink]
22 Sep 2007, 05:48
dwivedys wrote: rishi2377 wrote: In Greek theology the supreme being was Esaugetu Emissee (Master of Breath), who dwelt in an upper realm in which the sky was the floor, and who had the power to give and to take away the breath of life.
A. in which the sky was the floor, and who had the power to give and to take
B. where the sky was the floor, having the power to give and to take
Suggests the upper realm has a place where the sky becomes the floor as opposed to the upper realm being characterised by this quality.
C. whose floor was the sky, and who has the power of giving and of taking
No need of present "has". The sentence is in past.
D. in which the sky was the floor, with the power of giving and taking
the prepo phrase "with the power.." modifies floor giving an illogical meaning
E. whose floor was the sky, having the power to give and take
the sky didn't have the powers in question
Pretty good que. A. initially i like the "where" part of B, although ",having...."is wrong.
because they talk about dwelling, so it can be considered as place and where can be used. not 100% convinced 
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Re: Master of Breath [#permalink]
02 Jan 2011, 05:22
A.
upper realm is not a place - so we cannot use "where" . in which sounds more appropriate.
we also need a parallel construction (and who) to define the other things the supreme being could do
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Re: In Greek theology the supreme being was Esaugetu Emissee [#permalink]
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could somebody justify the usage of 'had' in A?
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‘Had’ is being used here to mean, possessed, owned, a simple past tense of have. (It is not a past participle used in past perfect tense here.) The whole text is used in past tense and we require a simple past tense once again in the second arm; hence had
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Re: In Greek theology the supreme being was Esaugetu Emissee [#permalink]
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daagh wrote: ‘Had’ is being used here to mean, possessed, owned, a simple past tense of have. (It is not a past participle used in past perfect tense here.) The whole text is used in past tense and we require a simple past tense once again in the second arm; hence had Agreed you can really nail down this sentence just with verb tense, 'was the master of breath' must be in line with the power that he 'had' in the past.
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