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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

United States writers

Because early United States writers thought that the mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech, they ---- the vernacular.
(A) dissected
(B) avoided
(C) misunderstood
(D) investigated
(E) exploited


Because early United States writers thought the mark of great literature not to be found in common speech, they avoided using the common speech; instead, they used the vernacular. -- That's my interpretation of the sentence. If it is right, then the answer has to be D.


The answer, however, is B. * Puzzled *
  

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Jeff_999 Because early United States writers thought that the mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech, they ---- the vernacular. (A) dissected (B) avoided (C) misunderstood (D) investigated (E) exploited Because early United States writers thought the mark of great literature not to be found in common speech, they avoided using the common speech; instead, they used the vernacular. -- That's my interpretation of the sentence.

— Philip

  • Jeff_999 Because early United States writers thought that the mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech, they ---- the vernacular.
  • (A) dissected (B) avoided (C) misunderstood (D) investigated (E) exploited Because early United States writers thought the mark of great literature not to be found in common speech, they avoided using the common speech; instead, they used the vernacular.
  • -- That's my interpretation of the sentence.
  • If it is right, then the answer has to be D.
  • The answer, however, is B.
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Jeff_999
Because early United States writers thought that the mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance not to be found in common speech, they ---- the vernacular.
(A) dissected
(B) avoided
(C) misunderstood
(D) investigated
(E) exploited


Because early United States writers thought the mark of great literature not to be fo
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So, they did not use [avoided] the vernacular, the everyday style of speaking.

Thank you, Philip. But I thought the vernacular was the language spoken by a certain group of people.

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Are the vernacular and common speech the same thing?
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Jeff_999Are the vernacular and common speech the same thing?
That is correct.
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