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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Be verb plus preposition of
1.Time is of the Essence.
2.Heaven is of Honey.
3.This picture is of a mature, but still modern woman.
Can I say these sentences as follows?
1.Time is the Essence.
2.Heaven is Honey.
3. This picture is a mature, but still modern woman.
The series of be verb plus preposition “ of ” appears strange to me.
Please tell me the work of this “ of .”
2.Heaven is of Honey.
3.This picture is of a mature, but still modern woman.
Can I say these sentences as follows?
1.Time is the Essence.
2.Heaven is Honey.
3. This picture is a mature, but still modern woman.
The series of be verb plus preposition “ of ” appears strange to me.
Please tell me the work of this “ of .”
Top answer
Time is of the Essence. Heaven is of Honey. I have no idea what this means.
- Time is of the Essence.
- Heaven is of Honey.
- I have no idea what this means.
- This picture is of a mature, but still modern woman.
- You can't really take out "of" and still keep the meaning.
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Anonymous1.Time is of the Essence."of the essence" is an idiom that cannot be modified and still carry its meaning which is: "of the greatest importance; crucial"
Anonymous2.Heaven is of Honey.I have no idea what this means.
Anonymous3.This picture is of a mature, but still modern woman.
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