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Barefootchuck Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
grammar - reading comprehension
Dramatic literature often summarizes the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
I'm having a hard time understanding this sentence. Can anyone break it down for me?
I'm having a hard time understanding this sentence. Can anyone break it down for me?
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The important events that have shaped and guided [a nation's or a people's] culture forms the basis of the subjects of dramatic literatue. In that way, the literature summarizes the history of a culture.
- The important events that have shaped and guided [a nation's or a people's] culture forms the basis of the subjects of dramatic literatue.
- In that way, the literature summarizes the history of a culture.
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The important events that have shaped and guided [a nation's or a people's] culture forms the basis of the subjects of dramatic literatue. In that way, the literature summarizes the history of a culture.
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So Grammar Geek, I still have some questions on the prepositions in and as.
question 1-A:
Dramatic literature often summarizes the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
does that include all of the "it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and
question 1-A:
Dramatic literature often summarizes the history of a culture in that it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and guided the culture.
does that include all of the "it takes as its subject matter the important events that have shaped and
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