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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
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as of gymnastics
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In short, from that day forth it seemed only by a great effort as of gymnastics, and only under the immediate stimulation of the drug, that I was able to wear the coutnenance of Jekyll.
I couldn't understand the structure that has 'as of'. Can you break down the part 'it seemed only by a great effort as of gymnastics'? (I see the pattern 'only by...as of' and 'only under...of' but I'm not sure if I'm correct)
Thanks
TN
In short, from that day forth it seemed only by a great effort as of gymnastics, and only under the immediate stimulation of the drug, that I was able to wear the coutnenance of Jekyll.
I couldn't understand the structure that has 'as of'. Can you break down the part 'it seemed only by a great effort as of gymnastics'? (I see the pattern 'only by...as of' and 'only under...of' but I'm not sure if I'm correct)
Thanks
TN
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a great effort of gymnastics says that he really performed gymnastic movements. a great effort as of gymnastics suggests that he did something that required the sort of effort that might be exerted to do gymnastics, but he did not really do gymnastics. as ~ like; similar to; for example.
- a great effort of gymnastics says that he really performed gymnastic movements.
- a great effort as of gymnastics suggests that he did something that required the sort of effort that might be exerted to do gymnastics, but he did not really do gymnastics.
- as ~ like; similar to; for example.
- by a great effort as of gymnastics is like "by exerting the kind of effort that is needed in, for example, gymnastics".
- Note that this is a literary device -- not used in ordinary conversation.
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a great effort of gymnastics says that he really performed gymnastic movements.
a great effort as of gymnastics suggests that he did something that required the sort of effort that might be exerted to do gymnastics, but he did not really do gymnastics.
as ~ like; similar to; for example.
by a great effort as of gymnastics is like "by exerting the k
a great effort as of gymnastics suggests that he did something that required the sort of effort that might be exerted to do gymnastics, but he did not really do gymnastics.
as ~ like; similar to; for example.
by a great effort as of gymnastics is like "by exerting the k
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Hi CalifJim,
Thanks for your help. I'm sorry I have a lot of questions in mind.
When you say literary device, do you mean the writer had put some thought and work into crafting the sentence just so to read delicate? Are sentences like these are unique to the writer himself only? Did people at the time of the these types of writing speak literary like what was written here, w
Thanks for your help. I'm sorry I have a lot of questions in mind.
When you say literary device, do you mean the writer had put some thought and work into crafting the sentence just so to read delicate? Are sentences like these are unique to the writer himself only? Did people at the time of the these types of writing speak literary like what was written here, w
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tinanam0102When you say literary device, do you mean ...By "literary device" I mean a pattern of phrases that is found in works of literature, thought of as works of art -- short stories and novels, for example. They are not often unique to a single writer. The people who lived at the time that these works of literature were written did not speak in the sam
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