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Literary critics have often said that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of six basic plot themes.
A. that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of B. that the world’s thousands of stories written by authors of which all are essentially variations of C. that the world’s thousands of stories written by the authors are essentially variations of D. all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors to be essentially variations of E. that the world’s authors have written thousands of stories which are essentially variations of
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Literary critics have often said that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of six basic plot themes.
A. that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of B. that the world’s thousands of stories written by authors of which all are essentially variations of C. that the world’s thousands of stories written by the authors are essentially variations of D. all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors to be essentially variations of E. that the world’s authors have written thousands of stories which are essentially variations of
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Last 2 are OUT i will go with C in B---all can refer to "authors" or to "stories"--OUT in A and D--"of the ...strories" Not the Best of usage in this context. E--run on?
A. that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of B. that the world’s thousands of stories written by authors of which all are essentially variations of C. that the world’s thousands of stories written by the authors are essentially variations of D. all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors to be essentially variations of E. that the world’s authors have written thousands of stories which are essentially variations of
tought choice between A and C .. Will go with C ...as of the construction seems wrong .. I dont think that C changes the origional meaning ..both choices focus on thousand of stories ,which is the subject ..
tought choice between A and C .. Will go with C ...as of the construction seems wrong .. I dont think that C changes the origional meaning ..both choices focus on thousand of stories ,which is the subject ..
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I'll also go for C...it is not changing the subject (stories)
Literary critics have often said that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of six basic plot themes.
A. that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of B. that the world’s thousands of stories written by authors of which all are essentially variations of C. that the world’s thousands of stories written by the authors are essentially variations of D. all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors to be essentially variations of E. that the world’s authors have written thousands of stories which are essentially variations of
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E - present continuous tense is not required. D - that is missing
A,B --> wordy.
C - is the best.. concise. removing "all" is not changing the meaning here. "all" is wordy here.
100 dogs are barking all 100 dogs are barking --> is "all" adding any value here..????
Literary critics have often said that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of six basic plot themes.
A. that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of B. that the world’s thousands of stories written by authors of which all are essentially variations of C. that the world’s thousands of stories written by the authors are essentially variations of D. all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors to be essentially variations of E. that the world’s authors have written thousands of stories which are essentially variations of
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B & C IMO are clearly wrong. World's thousands of stories. In the original sentence there is no possession of stories by the world.
D is wrong for using to be
E might seem ok on the first go but dont you guys think that is more apt here, given that there is no comma before which.
To me A is error free. LC have talked about books.
I believe to avoid passive voice in A, one might chose E but the usage of which kills the sentence
Literary critics have often said that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of six basic plot themes.
A. that all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors are essentially variations of B. that the world’s thousands of stories written by authors of which all are essentially variations of C. that the world’s thousands of stories written by the authors are essentially variations of D. all of the thousands of stories written by the world’s authors to be essentially variations of E. that the world’s authors have written thousands of stories which are essentially variations of
B : run on sentence C : the authors ?? who are the authors? D : said ... to be is more awkward than A E : fact requires the simple tense
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