umeshpatil wrote:
Patrick Woodroffe is a poet and painter that is able to make a living at it
(A) Patrick Woodroffe is a poet and painter that is able to make a living at it
(B) Patrick Woodroffe is able to make a living as a poet and painter
(C) A poet and painter, Patrick Woodroffe is able to make a living at it
(D) Patrick Woodroffe makes a living as a poet and a painter
(E) By writing poetry and painting is how Patrick Woodroffe makes a living
The whole sentence is underlined. Though options B and D have different meanings, I don't find any of them is wrong. Can you please elaborate between B and D?
Hi umeshpatil
I think "is able to to make" differs from "makes".
"is able to" = "can". Please see two examples:
(1) He
plays soccer every Monday
(2) Ha
can play soccer every Monday
The (1) means that the action "play" is done by him every Monday. If you go to the soccer field on Monday, you can see him.
The (2) means he does not play soccer every Monday, but if a coach asks him to play every Monday, he can do so.
Back to your question.
He makes a living as a poet and a painter ==> It means his
major income is from selling poems and paintings.
He is able to make a living as a poet and painter ==> it means he has another job, if he lost that job, he could sell poems and paintings to make a living.
The second point is between "as a poet and painter" VS "as a poet and a painter". I absolutely agree with Zarrolou.
Hope it helps.