scorpion.ks Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer’s Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man. A. Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man B. Black Americans—including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison C. a Black American—including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man D. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man E. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man IMO B. Please explain your answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manasdas Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 E. A. Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (compares novels with writers) B. Black Americans—including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (there is only 1 novel of the 3 we are talking about.. Including is inapproriate here) C. a Black American—including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (has both errors -of A and B) D. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (compares novels with writers) E. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannu08 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 IMO ans is C @scorpian: OA please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion.ks Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 E. A. Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (compares novels with writers) B. Black Americans—including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (there is only 1 novel of the 3 we are talking about.. Including is inapproriate here) C. a Black American—including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (has both errors -of A and B) D. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (compares novels with writers) E. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man Can't we say like this, This is one of the three best novels including Y and Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhomme Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Can't we say like this, This is one of the three best novels including Y and Z. yes, but X , Y and Z need to be parallel. B introduces parallelism errors. A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer’s Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man. B. Black Americans—including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison E correct any comparison or parallelism errors, hence E is best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion.ks Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Also, in E, it says "one of three best novels by a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man" At first, this sentence is mentioning 3 best novels by a Black American.......Isn't this imply that three novels were written by one Black American? Then in second sentence, it talks about Richard Wright's and Ralph Ellison's novels. I am confused about usage of "a Black American" and "Black Americans". Please clarify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhomme Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Also, in E, it says "one of three best novels by a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man" It actually says: "one of the three best novels ever written by a black American-IMO, this does not imply that all 3 novels are written by the same writer. "the" makes the distinction pretty clear, At first, this sentence is mentioning 3 best novels by a Black American.......Isn't this imply that three novels were written by one Black American? Then in second sentence, it talks about Richard Wright's and Ralph Ellison's novels. I am confused about usage of "a Black American" and "Black Americans". Please clarify. To me the term "black americans" means that the Jean Toomer’s Cane wqas written by a group of black American people which is not true. IMO, it should be by a black American to clear this ambiguity. A and B are clearly wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khushi Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Imo E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankost Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Others are not writers, but novels. A, C and D are excluded. E. Toomer’s Cane is called one of the three best novels, others beeing Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. Parallel. "Cane is one of the 3 best novels, including..." sounds worse than "Cane is one of the 3 best novels, the others being..." Cane is one, the others are... IMO E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion.ks Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Thnx for explanations. OA is E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akrish1982 Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 E for me as well. Agree with LHomme's explanations for black americans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faust Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 E is the answer, we are not comparin auther, we are comparing to books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickqwerty Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 i agree with E..parallelism is followed only in this choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_nsit Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 To me the term "black americans" means that the Jean Toomer’s Cane wqas written by a group of black American people which is not true. IMO, it should be by a black American to clear this ambiguity. A and B are clearly wrong. @Lhomme, the explanations from your side are just superb. [clap] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bony Zhao Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 E. A. Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (compares novels with writers) B. Black Americans—including Native Son by Richard Wright and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (there is only 1 novel of the 3 we are talking about.. Including is inapproriate here) C. a Black American—including Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (has both errors -of A and B) D. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man (compares novels with writers) E. a Black American—the others being Richard Wright’s Native Son and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man But I have a question, how can I make sure the part after dash refers to the novels instead of Black Americans. Then, I would like to choose choice A, because "Black Americans" is nearer than "novels" is to dash part. Would you explain? Thx ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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