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Je_nie_dieu Posted 19 years ago
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can't get the sentence

0Hello everybody,02br
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00I'm preparing a bit for SAT and so I have found a sentence which I don't understand:02br
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01b00Originally a 02b01a01b00protest on02b02a01b00 02b01a01b00conventional02b02a01b00 painting, the Pre-Raphaelite movement 02b01a01b00exerted02b02a01b00 great influence on the art 02b01a01b00of its02b02a01b00 time.02b02br
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00What does the word "exert" in this sentence? I understand every word except this. I mean, I know it's definition, but how it goes in THIS sentence.02br
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00Thank you 050010id1
  

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0 produced, generated great influence 02br 02br 00 simpler: 02br 00 greatly influenced 0-

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  • 0 produced, generated great influence 02br 02br 00 simpler: 02br 00 greatly influenced 0-
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0 produced, generated great influence 02br
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0 01i00exert influence02i00 is such a stock phrase that it has to be taken as a grouping. 01i00exerted02i00 may as well be 01i00had02i00, both 01i00exert02i00 and 01i00had 02i00being somewhat vacuous verbs in this context. 01i00The movement had great influence on ...0
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