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04 Jun 2022, 21:36
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Writing has evolved de novo only a few times in human history, in areas that had been the earliest sites of the rise of food production in their respective regions.
This sentence is from the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel written by J. Diamond. Is the sentence grammatically correct? I am wondering whether "in human history" and "in areas" should be parallel, inserting an AND between them. Or is it "In areas...." is a modifier, modifying the preceding sentence?
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This sentence is from the book "Guns, Germs, and Steel written by J. Diamond. Is the sentence grammatically correct? I am wondering whether "in human history" and "in areas" should be parallel, inserting an AND between them. Or is it "In areas...." is a modifier, modifying the preceding sentence?
Thanks in advance.
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04 Jun 2022, 21:41
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The sentence is correctly constructed. The "in areas" part modifies everything that precedes it.
05 Jun 2022, 05:26
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"Writing has evolved de novo only a few times in human history" : this is Jared Diamond's main point. It is the independent clause in this sentence.
The modifier "in areas that had been the earliest sites of the rise of food production in their respective regions" gives us some additional information about the main point. It describes areas where writing evolved independently.
So "in human history" and "in areas" do not need to be parallel. The sentence is constructed according to what the writer wants to convey.
It's nice to see a query from this fascinating book. This sort of reading possibly helps with the GMAT and certainly broadens our horizons.
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The modifier "in areas that had been the earliest sites of the rise of food production in their respective regions" gives us some additional information about the main point. It describes areas where writing evolved independently.
So "in human history" and "in areas" do not need to be parallel. The sentence is constructed according to what the writer wants to convey.
It's nice to see a query from this fascinating book. This sort of reading possibly helps with the GMAT and certainly broadens our horizons.
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