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Sat 29 Oct, 2011 04:51 am
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In China, the novels developed as collected stories and legends, passed down through oral historians and storytellers, that were eventually written down.
In China, the novels developed as collected stories and legends, passed down through oral historians and storytellers, that were eventually written down.
The sentence does not make sense. The subject of the sentence, "novels," needs a verb. It is surrounded by phrases.
If the word "that" is deleted, then it would make sense.
novels / were written down
The sentence makes perfect sense. Oristar is right in his interpretation.
@PUNKEY,
PUNKEY wrote:The sentence does not make sense. The subject of the sentence, "novels," needs a verb.
"developed" is a verb, is it not?
Yes. I see your viewpoint, but the sentence is awkwardly written.
What is the main point of the sentence?
Perhaps:
In China, the novels were a result of collected stories and legends that were eventully written after being passed down through oral historians and storytellers.
@PUNKEY,
PUNKEY wrote:In China, the novels were a result of collected stories and legends that were eventully written after being passed down through oral historians and storytellers.
Yes, but all you have done is changed the order of the phrases. I don't think the original sentence is "awkwardly" written. It might seem awkward to a person who was not familiar with parenthetical commas.
@PUNKEY,
PUNKEY wrote:
Yes. I see your viewpoint, but the sentence is awkwardly written.
What is the main point of the sentence?
Perhaps:
In China, the novels were a result of collected stories and legends that were eventully written after being passed down through oral historians and storytellers.
Exactly! From my knowledge of Chinese cultural background.
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