Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a

Question

Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a row, the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on almost mythic significance as evidence of British citizens’ ability to resist the will of Hitler and Nazi Germany.

A.the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on
B.London’s Blitz and the refusal to surrender took after
C.the Blitz and the refusal of the city of London took over
D.London’s refusal to surrender after the Blitz took on
E.London’s refusal to surrender after the Blitz took up

Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a row
is modifying London. so the next phrase should start with London! but im unable to find any option startig with london

The action described by the starting modifier is the Blitz, B D and E should be wrong becoz a possesive form will be a poor referent.

Btwn A and C i vote A

OA plzzzz

nverma · Answer

There is no option that starts with London..right...Then we have to look for the best possible option. Also the later part of the sentence (Took up almost mythical significance as evidence of British citizens’ ability) doesn't support the usage of "London" after the modifier...Can London be modified with "evidence of British citizens’ ability"..NO

So let's have a look at other options..
a) Usage of "afterward" : Unidiomatic
b) "Took after" is the wrong usage
c) "Took up" is the right idiom also usage "refusal of the city of London" is not concise
d) "Took up" is the right idiom
e) Answer

SS1988 · Answer

Logical structure should be refusal after the blitz,

so Eliminate ABC

Then out of D&E, correct phrasal verb as per the meaning should be "take up" and NOT "take on"

So IMO E

What is the OA?

mailnavin1 · Answer

Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a row, the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on almost mythic significance as evidence of British citizens’ ability to resist the will of Hitler and Nazi Germany.

A.the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on
B.London’s Blitz and the refusal to surrender took after
C.the Blitz and the refusal of the city of London took over
D.London’s refusal to surrender after the Blitz took on
E.London’s refusal to surrender after the Blitz took up

Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a row
is modifying London. so the next phrase should start with London! but im unable to find any option startig with london

The action described by the starting modifier is the Blitz, B D and E should be wrong becoz a possesive form will be a poor referent.

Btwn A and C i vote A

OA plzzzz

The action described by the starting modifier is the Blitz, B D and E should be wrong becoz a possesive form will be a poor referent. Btwn A and C i vote A OA plzzzz

TommyWallach · Answer

Hey All,

Looks like there's plenty of confusion on this one, so time for me to weigh in. Joy.

Though the city had been bombed for fifty-seven nights in a row, the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on almost mythic significance as evidence of British citizens’ ability to resist the will of Hitler and Nazi Germany.

A.the Blitz and the refusal to surrender London afterward took on
PROBLEM: This is a very tough problem to spot the issue with. It's meaning, exacerbated by modifier placement. Look at the end of the sentence, which describes something as "evidence of British citizens' ability resist the will of Hitler". Would that be the Blitz itself, or the refusal to surrender? Obviously, the latter. The Blitz itself wouldn't be evidence of English power (by the way, the question explains what the Blitz is in the phrase "bombed for 57 nights in a row, so you don't get too confused). In this answer choice, both the Blitz AND the refusal are said to be evidence of "citizens' ability to resist". That doesn't make sense.

B.London’s Blitz and the refusal to surrender took after
PROBLEM: Same as above. Also, the idiom is "took on", not "took after". "Took after" is only used to describe people who come to emulate others (generally their parents): "He takes after his father in his love of fishing."

C.the Blitz and the refusal of the city of London took over
PROBLEM: Same as above, both the problems in B are here. Also "the refusal of the city of London" is weird.

D.London’s refusal to surrender after the Blitz took on
ANSWER: Now we have the right subject "London's refusal to surrender after the Blitz" is one giant compound noun (with prepositional modifiers). This makes total sense.

E.London’s refusal to surrender after the Blitz took up
PROBLEM: Just the idiom at the end (should be "took on", not "took up").

Hope that helps!

-tommy

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