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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

A lake, still and serene in the sunlight?

i read this sentence but I could grasp the adding of the conjunction "and" after the adverb "still" and the adj "serene"

why there has been added the conj and?

why hasn't ther writer of this sentence added "is" after the "lake"

Is it ok if i write "a lake is still serene in the sunlight"
  

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'Still' is an adjective: the lake is both still and serene. You have not given us the complete sentence from the original context, however — that's why there is no verb. For example: I saw a lake, still and serene in the sunlight.

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  • 'Still' is an adjective: the lake is both still and serene.
  • You have not given us the complete sentence from the original context, however — that's why there is no verb.
  • For example: I saw a lake, still and serene in the sunlight.
  • A lake, still and serene in the sunlight, was spread out before me.
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'Still' is an adjective: the lake is both still and serene. You have not given us the complete sentence from the original context, however — that's why there is no verb. For example:

I saw a lake, still and serene in the sunlight.

A lake, still and serene in the sunlight, was spread out before me.
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this is the complete sentence I read it in the oxford online dictionary when I searched for serene meaning

and I wondered why there isn't any verb in this sentence ?
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It is not a complete sentence. The Oxford did not intend it to be: it is just a noun phrase illustrating the word being defined.
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