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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Cab you rephrase this part?

See what sad work they make of it, who, ignorant of this, flame out in Irish enthusiasm and with Irish sincerity, to a benefactor, who, if a man of sense and respectability, as well as kindliness, can but be more or less annoyed by it; and, if of a nervously fastidious nature, as some are, may be led to think almost as much less favorably of the beneficiary paining him by his gratitude, as if he had been guilty of its contrary, instead only of an indiscretion.


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"flame out in Irish enthusiasm and with Irish sincerity".
  

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flame out in Irish enthusiasm and with Irish sincerity = burst with enthusiasm & sincerity like an Irishman does; give loud and vigorous expression to their enthusiasm & sincerity.

  • flame out in Irish enthusiasm and with Irish sincerity = burst with enthusiasm & sincerity like an Irishman does; give loud and vigorous expression to their enthusiasm & sincerity.
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flame out in Irish enthusiasm and with Irish sincerity = burst with enthusiasm & sincerity like an Irishman does; give loud and vigorous expression to their enthusiasm & sincerity.
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Thank you. That's what I thought, but I didn't understand why it was "with" instead of "in".
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Actually, I would say the reverse about enthusiasm-- I would expect with as the most common preposition with both.

She dances with grace
They shouted with enthusiasm
He spoke with humility
She seethed with anger

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I have a speech that needs to be repharsed.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great
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Hi,

It's better if you try to do it first. Then post your attempt, and we will help you with it.


Clive
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Actually, the speech does not need rephrasing at all-- it is one of the best speeches ever composed.
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