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The grand and personal themes of Homers epic poem the lliad-the destruction of war, the bonds of friendship, the longing for the comforts of home had been as evocative to the ancient Greeks as it is to our own society.
A. had been as evocative to the ancient Greeks as it is
B. are as evocative to the ancient Greeks as they are
C. evokes as much to the ancient Greeks as it does
D. for the ancient Greeks evoking as much as they do
E. were as evocative to the ancient Greeks as they are
source : McGraw-Hill Education GMAT
A. had been as evocative to the ancient Greeks as it is
B. are as evocative to the ancient Greeks as they are
C. evokes as much to the ancient Greeks as it does
D. for the ancient Greeks evoking as much as they do
E. were as evocative to the ancient Greeks as they are
source : McGraw-Hill Education GMAT
01 May 2019, 12:30
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The grand and personal themes of Homers epic poem the lliad-the destruction of war, the bonds of friendship, the longing for the comforts of home had been as evocative to the ancient Greeks as it is to our own society.
A. had been as evocative to the ancient Greeks as it is
B. are as evocative to the ancient Greeks as they are
C. evokes as much to the ancient Greeks as it does
D. for the ancient Greeks evoking as much as they do
E. were as evocative to the ancient Greeks as they are
source : McGraw-Hill Education GMAT
A. had been as evocative to the ancient Greeks as it is
B. are as evocative to the ancient Greeks as they are
C. evokes as much to the ancient Greeks as it does
D. for the ancient Greeks evoking as much as they do
E. were as evocative to the ancient Greeks as they are
source : McGraw-Hill Education GMAT
IMHO (E) for the highlighted error in Verb Tense uses....
01 May 2019, 13:29
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Hi,
To simplify the sentence, ignore the prepositional phrase “of Homers epic poem the lliad-the destruction of war, the bonds of friendship, the longing for the comforts of home”. Sentence simplifies to:
The grand and personal themes had been as evocative to the ancient Greeks as it IS to our own society.
Sentence looks fine except the tense usage “had been” and verb usage “is”.
Since Ancient Greek is a thing in past and our society is in present, correct usage must be simple past and simple present respectively.
Second, grand and personal themes is the subject of the sentence and it is plural. Hence, plural verb must be used.
E correct these issues and is the correct answer choice.
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To simplify the sentence, ignore the prepositional phrase “of Homers epic poem the lliad-the destruction of war, the bonds of friendship, the longing for the comforts of home”. Sentence simplifies to:
The grand and personal themes had been as evocative to the ancient Greeks as it IS to our own society.
Sentence looks fine except the tense usage “had been” and verb usage “is”.
Since Ancient Greek is a thing in past and our society is in present, correct usage must be simple past and simple present respectively.
Second, grand and personal themes is the subject of the sentence and it is plural. Hence, plural verb must be used.
E correct these issues and is the correct answer choice.
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