sudarshan22 wrote:
Project SC Butler: Day 42: Sentence Correction (SC1)
Galileo, who is depicted generally as a strict proponent for rationalism and scientific thought, also derived much of his inspiration from works of art, particularly Dante's Divine Comedy.
(A) Galileo, who is depicted generally as a strict proponent for rationalism and scientific thought, also derived
(B) Galileo, whom they generally depicted as a strict proponent of rationalism and scientific thought, also derived
(C) Generally depicted as a strict proponent of rationalism and scientific thought ,Galileo also derived
(D) Depicted generally to be strict proponent for rationalism and scientific thought, Galileo would also derive
(E) Galileo generally depicted as a strict proponent of rationalism and scientific thought, but he also derived
Meaning analysis:
Galileo is generally depicted as a strict proponent for rationalism and scientific thought. He was inspired by works of art, particularly Dante's Divine Comedy.
sudarshan22 wrote:
(A) Galileo, who is depicted generally as a strict proponent for rationalism and scientific thought, also derived
Firstly, "depicted generally" changes the meaning as "generally" modifies "depicted" instead of "Galileo is"
Secondly, we don't really need a modifier "who" here.
sudarshan22 wrote:
(B) Galileo, whom they generally depicted as a strict proponent of rationalism and scientific thought, also derived
Firstly, every pronoun must have its antecedent noun. In this option, "They" refers to no one and hence has no antecedent.
Secondly, "whom" is incorrect because we use "whom" to modify object of the sentence. As per meaning analysis, Galileo is the subject (and not object).
sudarshan22 wrote:
(C) Generally depicted as a strict proponent of rationalism and scientific thought ,Galileo also derived
This is correct. The verb-ed modifier "depicted" correctly modifies "Galileo", while "generally" correctly modifies "depicted".
sudarshan22 wrote:
(D) Depicted generally to be strict proponent for rationalism and scientific thought, Galileo would also derive.
Firstly, it should be "generally depicted" as explained above.
Secondly, the correct idioms are "X is Depicted as Y" and "Someone is a proponent OF something".
Thirdly, "would drive" is future perfect tense. We generally use "would" for hypothetical scenarios.
E.g "If I were you, I would tell him the truth." ("If I were you" is hypothetical). In our case, we are discussing facts and therefore future perfect tense is incorrect.
sudarshan22 wrote:
(E) Galileo generally depicted as a strict proponent of rationalism and scientific thought, but he also derived
Firstly, this changed the meaning, or rather doesn't make sense because someone doesn't "depict something". Instead, someone is "depicted" as something else.
Secondly, the correct usage is "not only... but also". This option just uses "but also", plus it is meaningless to use it in our case.
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