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Qingqing Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

About the word "remain"

How to analyze the underlined part:

After the fire, very little remained of my house.

Can we use "in" instead of "of"? Thanks.
  

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Qingqing How to analyze the underlined part: After the fire, very little remained of my house . Can we use "in" instead of "of"? Thanks.

  • Qingqing How to analyze the underlined part: After the fire, very little remained of my house .
  • Can we use "in" instead of "of"?
  • Thanks.
  • It means the house was almost completely destroyed.
  • 'In' cannot be used.
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QingqingHow to analyze the underlined part:

After the fire, very little remained of my house.

Can we use "in" instead of "of"? Thanks.

It means the house was almost completely destroyed.

'In' cannot be used.
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QingqingHow to analyze the underlined part:

After the fire, very little remained of my house.

Can we use "in" instead of "of"? Thanks.
If thieves had invaded your home and taken almost everything, then you could say that very little remained in my house.
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Philip If thieves had invaded your home and taken almost everything, then you could say that very little remained in my house.
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Thanks.

Can we say "After the fire, very little of my house remained"? Isn't it easier to understand? Why put the phrase "of my house"at the end?

How to understand "...remained of my house"? Do we have more the same examples?
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>"...remained of my house"?

... left of my house
... was left standing
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It's a pretty big world. One fire in one house doesn't leave little remaining in the world, so you need to say what very little remained of. What remains behind is little.

Of the money we collected, little of it remains. Little remains of the money we collected.

We stored a lot of food for the winter. Little of the food remains. Little remains of the food we colleted for the win
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Thank you very much for your immediate help.

Then, "of the house" is a predicative or an attributive?

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