Though it takes the entire book, Wang Lung's relationship with the house of Hwang evolves from that of a subsidiary peasant to that of a far superior, revealing his strength and perseverance.
My teacher claims it is not, but I don't believe him.
2006-10-05 12:24:25 · 23 answers · asked by qamlof 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
looks like a sentence to me. "Though it takes the entire book" is a dependent clause, "Wang Lung's relationship with the house of Hwang evolves from...." has a subject and verb and "revealing his strength and perseverance" is a verbal. Go back and ask again why he doesn't think it is a sentence because it seems to follow all the proper grammatical rules.
2006-10-05 12:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by obuprincess 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I break it down this way,
Wang Lung's relationship ... evolves from ... peasant to .... superior ...
THAT makes it a sentence if the word, "superior," is used as a noun, here, instead of an adjective.
If not, such as in "superior" WHAT? Then it is not. Like you write, "a far superior." Again, I am moved to ask, "a far superior" what?
My take is that it is a sentence, but with some gramatical errors.
2006-10-05 19:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by Vince M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try something like that, "Although it takes quite a bit of development into the story, Wang Lung reveals his strength and perserverance through his transcendance from subsidary peasant in the House of Hwang to superior."
Or something like that. Try not even mentioning that it occurs late into the book.
Best of luck, fellow scholar!
2006-10-05 19:33:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It IS a sentence (complete with all the elements -- subject, object, and verb) but, as we say in journalism: it does not "read," or it does not "scan."
You need a word like "person" after the word "superior."
Dividing it into two sentences would be less awkward. The second sentence would read something like:
"His strength and perseverance are thus revealed."
2006-10-05 19:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it's a sentence. It's got all the characteristics of a sentence. Don't put up a big argument, but do your research on the web. Then talk 2 ur teacher.
2006-10-05 19:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would be if you reworded the first part of it before the first comma, but otherwise, yes, it is a sentence. I don't exactly think it is a run-on, because you have correct punctuation. Some sentences can be long without being classified as a run-on.
2006-10-05 19:30:34 · answer #6 · answered by ThornQueen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like a sentence to me. He/she probably didn't like the "though it takes the entire book" part. You might have wanted to re-phrase it and say "It took reading the book entirely to determine that Wang Lung's ...........
2006-10-05 19:29:05 · answer #7 · answered by roxy 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes it is a sentence, and although it could considered a run on, in higher levels of writing I understand why it would be that length. Explain to your teacher, kindly, that writing is expressive, if he should try to constrain you, he is not properly teaching you to use your voice in writing.
2006-10-05 19:31:31 · answer #8 · answered by soccer515horse@ameritech.net 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need a noun after "superior". "Superior", as you've used it, is an adjective that describes nothing.
technically, it is a sentence...an incorrect or incomplete sentence, but a sentence nonetheless.
2006-10-05 19:27:38 · answer #9 · answered by LEMME ANSWER THAT! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A far superior what? I think that is what she means.
2006-10-05 19:32:52 · answer #10 · answered by momcat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋