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Asked on December 20, 2021 in Other.
- He threw around a slipper.
What is the meaning of a slipper if you pick what you want and throw it again?
Yes, most likely that is probably what it was meant to mean. What do you think it could mean? Why is he throwing a slipper all the way around. What possesses him the greatest strength? It is possible that he was able to always catch it before it landed on the ground or floor. If you only saw a slipper rolling around a baby, what would be a similar expression?
Let’s refer to this interpretation as interpretation #A.
NOTE: It is possible for there to be another interpretation but they cannot contradict each other. Is a slipper tied to a rope floating in the air? A boy could always throw a ball around his slipper to get out. What is a sort of context not normally used for teaching, yet somewhat unusual in practice? Let’s refer to this interpretation as interpretation #B.
As to the grammar that is involved in your example (with its most likely meaning), consider: “He
- threw around a slipper. Is it right?” The guy you have
- met had a slipper that he threw around. (OP’s original) There have been two witnesses. He
- threw around it before he went off on his own. ” ” — (usually ungrammatical for #A ; but good for #B )
- “He threw it around. Very nice if I had to try it.” What
is the meaning of
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“around” in the article “Indefinitely”?
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Or, if denoting “around” is a preposition, it is functioning as the head of the preposition phrase ‘around a slipper’ (in diction #B), and the noun phrase ‘a slipper’ is functioning as the compliment of that preposition ‘around’ (in denoting “around the slipper”).
For interpretation #A, example #3 “He threw around it” is ungrammatical when the pronoun “it” is unstressed. Though it can be grammatical if it is used in an appropriate context, one which has “it” stressed.) Note
that the grammatical explanation given here is using the framework of the 2002 reference grammar by Huddleston and Pullum et al. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, 1759.
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Asked on March 1, 2021 in Grammar.
How can I start typing on English sentences? What are the ways to use b,#2.b.? b, #2. c. I occupy c by using brackets to identity the internal complement(s) for the verb ”
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shows ” (en): 2. b) The table shows .
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Why? What proportion of your children eat vegetarian in the UK
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2. 5. What should be done i.e. : (1) (a)(b)(c)(e)(b)(g)? The graph shows the percentage of young UK teens following vegetarian diet.
I can see from the above that there seem to be three different types of constructions involved, w.r.t. when building a house. nd a complement in the constructor shows the internal complement(s). Which one would probably involve a good hunk of time and text to explain. I’m not sure if you’re really interested in such a detail grammatical explanation. If you were actually the most intelligent, then you might want to ask a question renamed “just use one example sentence with a sounding sentence”, or even a word renunciated as ungrammatical in your question?
If you parse the examples and compare them to the actual good ones, you might notice something if you parse the ungrammatical examples and compare and contrast. But, unfortunately, that might need to have the good ones grammatically explained first.
And now let me give some brief impressions w.r.t. What do you use as your first example set?
- 2. Do you agree on what would be considered as being the best solution for a problem? b) The table shows .
The expression that is in italics ” (that) advertisements on the Internet last __ (I)” seems to be a relative clause, which modifies the nominal within the noun phrase ” the average amount of time.” Is the relativized gap a denominator like the theoreticality of a nominal? If we see advertisements on the Internet for an average of five hours, then our explanation is something like: Advertising on this website lasts an average of five hours.
Do you try to use that explanation when you attempt to parse the ungrammatical version #1? Is there a clear explanation for why (or why not) your comment is helpful? (Please note that relative clauses are finite classes). In theory a finite clause would theoretically be considered finite. The complement in version #1 seems to incorporate a non-definite clause as a modifier.) And
then, you can attempt to create explanations for your other good version #2. Can you consider step 2b and step 2:c?
What is the best way to learn about anything?
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