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HSS Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
A Giant of a Man
I keep asking you a question at a time as I read a book. Maybe I should look it up in dictionaries and books ....
How different is [1] from [2]? Please enlighten me. Thanks.
[1] A giant of a man was walking briskly through the gate.
[2] A giant man was walking briskly through the gate.
Hiro
How different is [1] from [2]? Please enlighten me. Thanks.
[1] A giant of a man was walking briskly through the gate.
[2] A giant man was walking briskly through the gate.
Hiro
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1. He is a real man - just a very tall one. 2.
- 1.
- He is a real man - just a very tall one.
- 2.
- He sounds like a giant out of a fairy tale.
- Is he 50' tall?
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1. He is a real man - just a very tall one.
2. He sounds like a giant out of a fairy tale. Is he 50' tall?
2. He sounds like a giant out of a fairy tale. Is he 50' tall?
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Thanks. Are there any other examples that you can think of with "a <noun A> of a <noun B>," noun A and noun B referring to the same, Nona?
Hiro
Hiro
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I'm not Nona, but
"A ghost of a chance", (almost no chance at all, as if one's chance has died and left only a ghost). "Now that he has been arrested for drunk driving, he hasn't a ghost of a chance of being re-elected"
"A devil/**** of a time" (A difficult or inconvenient time). You get a phone call at 3 am "This is a devil of a time for a salescall!!"
"A ghost of a chance", (almost no chance at all, as if one's chance has died and left only a ghost). "Now that he has been arrested for drunk driving, he hasn't a ghost of a chance of being re-elected"
"A devil/**** of a time" (A difficult or inconvenient time). You get a phone call at 3 am "This is a devil of a time for a salescall!!"
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