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24 May 2022, 23:08
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The novel won praise from critics for its poignant description of wartime Cadiz: the creaking social formalities of the war-weary bourgeoisie, the heavy silence of the fascist-era siesta, and the endless shabby grind of the dictatorship.
A) its poignant description of wartime Cadiz: the creaking social formalities of the war-weary bourgeoisie, the heavy silence of the fascist-era siesta, and the endless shabby grind of the dictatorship
B) the poignancy of its description of wartime Cadiz; the creaking social formalities of the war-weary bourgeoisie, the heavy silence of the fascist-era siesta, and the endless shabby grind of the dictatorship
C) the wartime Cadiz’s poignant description, the war-weary bourgeoisie’s creaking social formalities, the fascist-era siesta’s heavy silence, and the dictatorship’s endless shabby grind
D) its poignant description of wartime Cadiz: the war-weary bourgeoisie’s creaking social formalities, the heavy silence of the fascist-era siesta, and the endless shabby grind of the dictatorship.
E) the poignancy of its description of wartime Cadiz, the war-weary bourgeoisie’s creaking social formalities, the fascist-era siesta’s heavy silence, and the dictatorship’s endless shabby grind
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(A) for me. Time taken 01:30.
⁍ "the creaking social formalities of the war-weary bourgeoisie, the heavy silence of the fascist-era siesta, and the endless shabby grind of the dictatorship" are three beautifully parallel structures presented after the colon (:) in the form- X of Y, A of B, and M of N. No discernible errors. So, I believe we can safely give our flowers to this one.
⁍ The presence of "semi-colon (;)" before the three items of the list is inappropriate. This asks for an independent clause, which isn't present in the sentence.
So, dump this one without any doubts.
⁍ Here, the placement of comma between four entities makes it look like all the entities are parallel, that is not the case. You can associate one item in the list and connect it to the main subject and see for yourself that it makes absolutely no sense. Example: The novel won praise from critics for the dictatorship’s endless shabby grind. That's just abhorrible.
Drop this one too.
So, bid farewell to this one.
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⁍ "its poignant description" refers to "novels' poignant description". This makes sense. No issues here.
⁍ "the creaking social formalities of the war-weary bourgeoisie, the heavy silence of the fascist-era siesta, and the endless shabby grind of the dictatorship" are three beautifully parallel structures presented after the colon (:) in the form- X of Y, A of B, and M of N. No discernible errors. So, I believe we can safely give our flowers to this one.
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⁍ "poignancy of its description" is so inferior to direct "its poignant description" in (A).
⁍ The presence of "semi-colon (;)" before the three items of the list is inappropriate. This asks for an independent clause, which isn't present in the sentence.
So, dump this one without any doubts.
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⁍ Here, the "poignant description" attaches itself to Cadiz. This is incorrect. It should be placed close to novel's. Here, the meaning is twisted.
⁍ Here, the placement of comma between four entities makes it look like all the entities are parallel, that is not the case. You can associate one item in the list and connect it to the main subject and see for yourself that it makes absolutely no sense. Example: The novel won praise from critics for the dictatorship’s endless shabby grind. That's just abhorrible.
Drop this one too.
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This one is almost a replica of (A) except that the first item in the list is not parallel to the other entities. Parallelism is beautiful in (A), in this choice however, it is not.
So, bid farewell to this one.
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This is bad offspring of (B) and (C). Drop it.
