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Updated on: 07 Jul 2018, 00:24
Originally posted by Michael KC Chen on 05 Apr 2016, 02:17.
Last edited by BillyZ on 07 Jul 2018, 00:24, edited 2 times in total.
Last edited by BillyZ on 07 Jul 2018, 00:24, edited 2 times in total.
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In an America steeped in romanticism, cemeteries were laid out beyond the city as places for a transcendental contemplation of nature, death and duty.
(A) In an America steeped in romanticism, cemeteries were laid out
(B) In America steeped in romanticism, cemeteries were laid out
(C) In an America steeped in romanticism, cemeteries laid
(D) Cemeteries, in America steeped in romanticism, were laid
(E) Cemeteries in an America steeped in romanticism laid
(A) In an America steeped in romanticism, cemeteries were laid out
(B) In America steeped in romanticism, cemeteries were laid out
(C) In an America steeped in romanticism, cemeteries laid
(D) Cemeteries, in America steeped in romanticism, were laid
(E) Cemeteries in an America steeped in romanticism laid
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/07/books/how-we-were-created-equal.html
In an America steeped in Romanticism, cemeteries were laid out beyond the city as places for a transcendental contemplation of nature, death and duty. Trees, planted along carefully planned meandering roadways on sculptured hills, shaded the tombstones in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass., and the Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., and in cemeteries in other cities, including Lincoln's Springfield. Accommodation to thousands of tourists and competition from the adjacent battlefield, studded with equestrian statues glorifying the military, partially defeated the attempt to make Gettysburg such a cemetery, but with Lincoln's indispensable help, this "place of the dead" did indeed become, in Mr. Wills's words, "a school for the living."
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In an America steeped in Romanticism, cemeteries were laid out beyond the city as places for a transcendental contemplation of nature, death and duty. Trees, planted along carefully planned meandering roadways on sculptured hills, shaded the tombstones in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass., and the Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., and in cemeteries in other cities, including Lincoln's Springfield. Accommodation to thousands of tourists and competition from the adjacent battlefield, studded with equestrian statues glorifying the military, partially defeated the attempt to make Gettysburg such a cemetery, but with Lincoln's indispensable help, this "place of the dead" did indeed become, in Mr. Wills's words, "a school for the living."
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have no idea why the correct answer is correct
It would be grateful if anyone can share your thought on this one.
05 Apr 2016, 05:33
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This is a very special usage of indefinite article with a proper noun in order to highlight a particular facet of the proper noun among other facets of it.
The country America has several facets of which the author wishes to highlight the aspect "steeped in romanticism" particularly. It may be convenient to consider the usage of America in this case not as a place, but as a facet ( an aspect / a characteristic) of the country. The indefinite article depicts one particular facet among many facets.
07 Apr 2016, 09:27
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Please note the difference between the two different verbs:
lay: to put down and set in position ( I lay the babies in the cot)
lie: to be in horizontal resting position( The babies lie in the cot)
The declination (simple present, simple past, past participle) of the above verbs are as follows:
1. lay---- laid ------ laid
2. lie------ lay ------ lain
Now, in option C the usage is wrong: "cemeteries laid (simple past of the first verb above)..." implies the cemeteries put down someone or something else outside the city (as I put down the babies in the cot). The verb here is to lay... wrong
However if the sentence were "cemeteries lay (simple past of the second verb above)...", the usage would be correct, since then the sentence would imply that the cemeteries did lie outside the city (as the babies lie in the cot). The verb here is to lie.. correct
Nonetheless the correct option A uses the verb lay correctly my constructing the sentence in passive voice: " cemeteries were laid out (past participle of the second verb)..." - the usage is correct since the sentence implies that the cemeteries were laid out by someone (could be the city municipality) out side the city ( as the babies are laid by me in the cot). The verb here is again to lay... correct.
