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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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A participle phrase of adjectives
Philip loves the ex-waitress, Mildred so much. he arranged for her to meet his handsome friend Griffiths.
Afterwards, they fell for each other.
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He did not see Mildred again till Friday; he was sick for a sight of her by then; but when she came and he realised that he had gone out of her thoughts entirely, for they were engrossed in Griffiths, he suddenly hated her. He saw now why she and Griffiths loved one another, Griffiths was stupid, oh so stupid! he had known that all along, but had shut his eyes to it, stupid and empty-headed: that charm of his concealed an utter selfishness; he was willing to sacrifice anyone to his appetites.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know what "stupid and empty-headed" modifies.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Afterwards, they fell for each other.
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He did not see Mildred again till Friday; he was sick for a sight of her by then; but when she came and he realised that he had gone out of her thoughts entirely, for they were engrossed in Griffiths, he suddenly hated her. He saw now why she and Griffiths loved one another, Griffiths was stupid, oh so stupid! he had known that all along, but had shut his eyes to it, stupid and empty-headed: that charm of his concealed an utter selfishness; he was willing to sacrifice anyone to his appetites.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know what "stupid and empty-headed" modifies.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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It modifies "Griffiths", but the punctuation in this "sentence" is somewhat non-standard. It is somewhat of a stream of thoughts.
- It modifies "Griffiths", but the punctuation in this "sentence" is somewhat non-standard.
- It is somewhat of a stream of thoughts.
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It modifies "Griffiths", but the punctuation in this "sentence" is somewhat non-standard. It is somewhat of a stream of thoughts.
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park sang joon A participle phrase of adjectivesRegarding terminology, you can't call a phrase with no participles a participle phrase. "stupid and empty-headed" is a phrase of two coordinated adjectives. (coordinated ~ joined by 'and')
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