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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

2 with(s)

I think "With 135-mph Hurricane Ivan closing in with frightening intensity" means:
With 135-mph Hurricane Ivan closing in AND with frightening intensity.
Right?

Context:
NEW ORLEANS Emotion: travel — With 135-mph Hurricane Ivan closing in with frightening intensity, this flood-prone city scrambled Wednesday to get people out of harm's way, putting the frail and elderly in the cavernous Louisiana Superdome and urging others to move to higher floors in tall buildings.
  

Top answer

The first with means "as" or "while". It says when the "closing in" is happening -- at the same time as the "scrambling". The second with means "in the manner of" or "having".

— CalifJim

  • The first with means "as" or "while".
  • It says when the "closing in" is happening -- at the same time as the "scrambling".
  • The second with means "in the manner of" or "having".
  • It says how the "closing in" in happening -- intensely, to the point of being frightening.
  • As/While 135-mph Hurrican Ivan closes in with frightening intensity, this flood-prone ...
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The first with means "as" or "while". It says when the "closing in" is happening -- at the same time as the "scrambling".
The second with means "in the manner of" or "having". It says how the "closing in" in happening -- intensely, to the point of being frightening.

As/While 135-mph Hurrican Ivan closes in with frightening intensity, this flood-prone ...

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