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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

A great eruption...

1. A great eruption of glee as it suddenly dawned on her that she had won.
2.The gods were touched by popocatepetl's sacrifice of refusing to monitor iztacccihuatl's body until he died
Could you please clarify these sentences?
  

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1. A big explosion of happiness when she suddenly realized that she won. By the way, your "sentence" is not a complete sentence.

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  • A big explosion of happiness when she suddenly realized that she won.
  • By the way, your "sentence" is not a complete sentence.
  • It is a fragment.
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1. A big explosion of happiness when she suddenly realized that she won.
By the way, your "sentence" is not a complete sentence. It is a fragment.

2. The *** felt some emotion because of the sacrifice Popocatepetl made when he/it didn't agree to check Iztaccihuatl's body before she/it died.
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I'm sorry.
I really have trouble understanding the number two sentence.
Can you please clarify more???
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2.The gods were touched by popocatepetl's sacrifice of refusing to monitor iztacccihuatl's body until he died

Your sentence is not right, by the way. did you copy it correctly?

This is one of the stories about the princess Iztaccíhuatl (Izta) and the warrior Popocatépetl (Popo).

Popo and Izta were in love. Popo went to war to fight an enemy.
Izta thought he was kill
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Does "of refusing" refer to "gods" or "popo"
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Can you please reply to my question??
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JumanahCan you please reply to my question??
Please don't be impatient. It is night-time in many parts of the U.S., and we are not on English Forums 24 hours a day.

I would try to help but I don't understand your original sentence:
JumanahThe gods were touched by popocatepetl's sacrifice of refusing to monitor iztacccihuatl's
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The gods were touched by popo's sacrifice of refusing to abandon iztac's body until he died.
I think "abandon" not "monitor"
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May I ask you to write a similar expression to the number two sentence.
Because I need an easier expression.
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Popo made a sacrifice. His sacrifice was "refusing to abandon Izta's body"

A sacrifice is something that is harmful to you, but you do it to please the gods.
People used to make sacrifices so that the gods would give them good luck or long life.
Farmers would sacrifice their best lamb, best fruit, best grain.
Example:
He made a sacrifice of a youn
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