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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

A multiple-choice question again

-Written to be performed on a ___, Thornton Wilder's play Our Town depicts life in a small New England community.
(A) stage scenery of bare
(B) bare of stage scenery
(C) scenery bare of stage
(D) stage bare of scenery

Tell me which one is correct, and why???Emotion: sad
  

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Guess first, Jeff. Figure out which choice makes a good sentence. And choose carefully-- I've played Our Town a couple of times.

— Mister Micawber

  • Guess first, Jeff.
  • Figure out which choice makes a good sentence.
  • And choose carefully-- I've played Our Town a couple of times.
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Guess first, Jeff. Figure out which choice makes a good sentence. And choose carefully-- I've played Our Town a couple of times.
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:-? If you don't know the relationship between them, how can you put them in order??? What's worse, bare is here ******** all things up. I may know 'the stage of scenery', but I have no clue AT ALL what role bare is playing here.
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Did you use your dictionary? 'Bare' is a verb and an adjective. The blank space is preceded by an article, 'a', and followed by a comma.

Any bright ideas now?
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Yes, Mr. Micawber. I do know what's the meaning of bare . But...

Ohh, on second thought, if 'scenery' can be taken as 'stage setting'? You know, for figuring it out, I google something about 'theater', 'stage' and 'scenery' to get a clear picture, then I realized that.

And it seems 'the stage of scenery' sounds nonsense, doesn't it?

If I got it right, it sho
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Bingo! I'm proud of you, son.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber. I am sooo happy. Emotion: smile
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