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Updated on: 07 Apr 2019, 23:42
Originally posted by Skyline393 on 05 Apr 2019, 03:30.
Last edited by Bunuel on 07 Apr 2019, 23:42, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by Bunuel on 07 Apr 2019, 23:42, edited 1 time in total.
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Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud, whose insights into the workings of the human mind were instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was an influence on many authors, that included James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness.
A. were instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was an influence on many authors, that included James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
B. were instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, influenced many authors, including James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
C. was instrumental with the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was influential on many authors, that included James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels used experiments in stream of consciousness
D. was instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, influenced many authors, who included James Joyce and William Faulkner, the novels of whom used stream of consciousness experimentally
E. were an instrument in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was an influence on many authors, including James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
A. were instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was an influence on many authors, that included James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
B. were instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, influenced many authors, including James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
C. was instrumental with the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was influential on many authors, that included James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels used experiments in stream of consciousness
D. was instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, influenced many authors, who included James Joyce and William Faulkner, the novels of whom used stream of consciousness experimentally
E. were an instrument in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was an influence on many authors, including James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
05 Apr 2019, 22:54
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muditdadwal , influenced is a simple past tense verb, not a past participle verbED.
The simple past tense and the past participle of "influence" are identical.
"Influenced" does not have to modify anything. "Influenced" must merely agree with the subject.
Commas do not always indicate that words after the commas are modifiers.
Strip the sentence.
Freud ... influenced many authors.
That rendition is the core of the sentence. The verb is "influenced."
Non-essential modifiers.
Commas that set off relative clauses such as
whose insights... and
whose novels experimented with...
signal NON-essential information that can be removed without changing the core meaning of the sentence. Remove the information as I did.
"Including" also introduces non-essential information. Including is an exception to the present participle (verbING) rules: "including" is always followed by a noun or noun phrase; does not have to modify the preceding clause or immediately preceding noun; and is best thought of as such as, for example, or as well as. (In this case it means for example or such as.)
Remove the "including..." phrase.
When simple past and verbED (the past participle) are identical
-- beware of commas, which do not always signal that the word following a comma is a modifier
-- in this case, the simple past tense verb influenced is preceded by a comma, but it is a verb, not a modifier (not a verbED).
-- when we see a verb that ends in ED, check the subject: is the subject the doer of the action indicated by the verb-word that ends with "ED"? If the answer is yes, then the word at issue is a verb, not a participle.
The core of the sentence, as above:
Freud ... influenced many authors.
Subject: Freud
Verb, simple past tense: influenced
Direct objects of the verb: many authors
Hope that helps.
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05 Apr 2019, 04:28
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A - were instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was an influence on many authors, that included James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
",that" is wrong usage
B - were instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, influenced many authors, including James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
C - was instrumental with the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was influential on many authors, that included James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels used experiments in stream of consciousness
D - was instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, influenced many authors, who included James Joyce and William Faulkner, the novels of whom used stream of consciousness experimentally
E - were an instrument in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was an influence on many authors, including James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
No verb for subject "Sigmund Freud"
",that" is wrong usage
B - were instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, influenced many authors, including James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
C - was instrumental with the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was influential on many authors, that included James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels used experiments in stream of consciousness
D - was instrumental in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, influenced many authors, who included James Joyce and William Faulkner, the novels of whom used stream of consciousness experimentally
E - were an instrument in the development of modern psychoanalytical techniques, was an influence on many authors, including James Joyce and William Faulkner, whose novels experimented with stream of consciousness
No verb for subject "Sigmund Freud"
