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K.O. Posted 21 years ago
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an article preceding one's name
After his lost son has been found by the searchers " a relieved Mr Jones told reporters ''I just knew, he was alive."
Hi, What is the function of the 'a' there? Does it stand in place of 'now'?
Now having been relieved, Mr Jones told reporters 'I just knew, he was alive'.
Hi, What is the function of the 'a' there? Does it stand in place of 'now'?
Now having been relieved, Mr Jones told reporters 'I just knew, he was alive'.
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Not really, Mr Jones is feeling relief at his son's rescue - he has not been relieved. It is a description of his state so it could just as easily read A confused Mr Smith, an exhausted Pete, a weeping Mary, a cross Mrs Patterson....
- Not really, Mr Jones is feeling relief at his son's rescue - he has not been relieved.
- It is a description of his state so it could just as easily read A confused Mr Smith, an exhausted Pete, a weeping Mary, a cross Mrs Patterson....
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Not really,
Mr Jones is feeling relief at his son's rescue - he has not been relieved.
It is a description of his state so it could just as easily read
A confused Mr Smith, an exhausted Pete, a weeping Mary, a cross Mrs Patterson....
Mr Jones is feeling relief at his son's rescue - he has not been relieved.
It is a description of his state so it could just as easily read
A confused Mr Smith, an exhausted Pete, a weeping Mary, a cross Mrs Patterson....
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Nona The BritNot really,Hi, nona,
Mr Jones is feeling relief at his son's rescue - he has not been relieved.
It is a description of his state so it could just as easily read
A confused Mr Smith, an exhausted Pete, a weeping Mary, a cross Mrs Patterson....
Is there something wrong with this one? Mr. Jones wa
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He was relieved, yes.
There is just something weird about saying 'he had been relieved' as it changes the meaning of relieved somehow. It is like it is saying he felt relieved in the past but was not longer feeling relieved. Also it makes me think of 'to relieve' in the sense of take on a military duty. (The new guards relieved the previous shift of guards. The guards had been relieved a
There is just something weird about saying 'he had been relieved' as it changes the meaning of relieved somehow. It is like it is saying he felt relieved in the past but was not longer feeling relieved. Also it makes me think of 'to relieve' in the sense of take on a military duty. (The new guards relieved the previous shift of guards. The guards had been relieved a
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K.O.After his lost son has been found by the searchers " a relieved Mr Jones told reporters ''I just knew, he was alive."
Hi, What is the function of the 'a' there? Does it stand in place of 'now'?
Now having been relieved, Mr Jones told reporters 'I just knew, he was alive'.
It appears that the original questio
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