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The poet Homer composed the epic poem
The Illiad and his purpose was recounting the role of Achilles in the Trojan War.
A) and his purpose was recounting
B) With the purpose to recount
C) to recount
D) therefore recounting
E) he recounted
Answer should be CMeaningPoet Homer composed the epic poem
The Illiad. His purpose behind writing this epic was to recount the role of Achiles in the Trojan War.
Lets have look at the answer choices.
A) Incorrect - This choice connects two independent clauses with
and but without
comma. We
almost always need comma before coordinating conjunction while connecting two independent clauses.
B) Incorrect -
with the purpose is redundant because
to itself is sufficient to express purpose or intention.
C) Correct - Corrects all the errors mentioned aboveD) Incorrect -
therefore recounting changes the meaning of sentence. It implies that recounting of roles of Archiles was the outcome of the epic but not necessarily the purpose of writing.
E) Incorrect - Run-on sentence. Two independent clauses
poet homer composed epic and
he recounted the roles of Archiles are running together without using a proper coordinating conjunction.