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A. his translation of the Illiad, a work that, taking him seven years until completion, and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced: modifiers are causing havoc here, can eliminate this option
B. his translation of the Illiad, a work that took him seven years to complete and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced: looks good
C. his translation of the Illiad, a work that had taken seven years to complete and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it is: Past perfect not required and unnecessary use of 'if' makes this option wrong
D. translating the Illiad, a work that took seven years until completion and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it as: unnecessary usage of it
E. translating the Illiad, a work that had taken seven years to complete and literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it: Again, the past perfect issue and the parallelism error of 'that'
Option B it is
B. his translation of the Illiad, a work that took him seven years to complete and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced: looks good
C. his translation of the Illiad, a work that had taken seven years to complete and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it is: Past perfect not required and unnecessary use of 'if' makes this option wrong
D. translating the Illiad, a work that took seven years until completion and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it as: unnecessary usage of it
E. translating the Illiad, a work that had taken seven years to complete and literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it: Again, the past perfect issue and the parallelism error of 'that'
Option B it is
27 Nov 2020, 12:36
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In 1713, Alexander Pope began his translation of the Illiad, a work that, taking him seven years until completion, and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced the greatest translation in any language.
A. his translation of the Illiad, a work that, taking him seven years until completion, and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced- why we are using "taking".
B. his translation of the Illiad, a work that took him seven years to complete and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced- Better than A. Parallel phrases as well. Please note- He started from 1731 and then took 7 years to complete (we can't say he had been taken, because earlier action is "began")
C. his translation of the Illiad, a work that had taken seven years to complete and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it is-> Verb tense error and Pronoun "it" error
D. translating the Illiad, a work that took seven years until completion and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it as-> Pronoun "it" error
E. translating the Illiad, a work that had taken seven years to complete and literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it-> Pronoun "it" error
So, I think B.
A. his translation of the Illiad, a work that, taking him seven years until completion, and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced- why we are using "taking".
B. his translation of the Illiad, a work that took him seven years to complete and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced- Better than A. Parallel phrases as well. Please note- He started from 1731 and then took 7 years to complete (we can't say he had been taken, because earlier action is "began")
C. his translation of the Illiad, a work that had taken seven years to complete and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it is-> Verb tense error and Pronoun "it" error
D. translating the Illiad, a work that took seven years until completion and that literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it as-> Pronoun "it" error
E. translating the Illiad, a work that had taken seven years to complete and literary critic Samuel Johnson, Pope’s contemporary, pronounced it-> Pronoun "it" error
So, I think B.
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If I don't miss anything B says:
1/ a work that took him seven years to complete
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2/ a work that literary critic Samuel Johnson pronounced the greatest translation in any language.
The number 2 looks absurd to me! Is there any ellipsis in number 2 like below?
2/ a work that literary critic Samuel Johnson pronounced (the work) the greatest translation in any language.
