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Johnson13 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
can be used after it
A text: THE CROWN is often used as a phrase for the king or queen regarded not as a person, but as a part of the constitution. It does not follow that pronouns appropriate to KING can be used after it.
I understand every phrase in it, but not the combination ie the whole.
1. When we say the Crown, we refer to the government of a country, thought of as being represented by a king or queen, but CONSTITUTION obviously does not refer to the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by; what does it actually mean in this case?
2. The writer says 'pronouns appropriate to KING', I'd thought THE CROWN was among those pronouns, but then at the end of that sentence the writer obviously tells us it is not appropriate (the IT in AFTER IT referring to KING), so could you tell me what the second sentence means?
3. After browsing through the AFTER entry in dictionaries, the nearest sense I can find is:
in the style of somebody/something; following the example of somebody/something
eg We named the baby ‘Ena’ after her grandmother.
eg a painting after Goya
But this meaning does not apply; what does AFTER in that text mean?
I understand every phrase in it, but not the combination ie the whole.
1. When we say the Crown, we refer to the government of a country, thought of as being represented by a king or queen, but CONSTITUTION obviously does not refer to the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by; what does it actually mean in this case?
2. The writer says 'pronouns appropriate to KING', I'd thought THE CROWN was among those pronouns, but then at the end of that sentence the writer obviously tells us it is not appropriate (the IT in AFTER IT referring to KING), so could you tell me what the second sentence means?
3. After browsing through the AFTER entry in dictionaries, the nearest sense I can find is:
in the style of somebody/something; following the example of somebody/something
eg We named the baby ‘Ena’ after her grandmother.
eg a painting after Goya
But this meaning does not apply; what does AFTER in that text mean?
Top answer
Johnson13 When we say the Crown, we refer to the government of a country, thought of as being represented by a king or queen, I don't think so. The Crown is the monarchy. There is much more to a government than that.
- Johnson13 When we say the Crown, we refer to the government of a country, thought of as being represented by a king or queen, I don't think so.
- The Crown is the monarchy.
- There is much more to a government than that.
- Johnson13 CONSTITUTION obviously does not refer to the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by I think it does.
- Johnson13 The writer says 'pronouns appropriate to KING', I'd thought THE CROWN was among those pronouns "The Crown" is not a pronoun.
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Johnson13When we say the Crown, we refer to the government of a country, thought of as being represented by a king or queen,I don't think so. The Crown is the monarchy. There is much more to a government than that.
Johnson13CONSTITUTION obviously does not refer to the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an or
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Thanks! Your answers are always brilliant.
I feel happy to understand the text, but I felt unhappy when the OALD does not include CROWN as monarchy, because initially I thought CROWN could mean monarchy, as you think; but is it usual in English speaking countries(I have this question because usually a rare or old meaning is naturally not included in learners' dictionaries)? (I think the O
I feel happy to understand the text, but I felt unhappy when the OALD does not include CROWN as monarchy, because initially I thought CROWN could mean monarchy, as you think; but is it usual in English speaking countries(I have this question because usually a rare or old meaning is naturally not included in learners' dictionaries)? (I think the O
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Johnson13I think the OALD needs some revisionsIronically, the American Heritage Dictionary has http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/crown. "The Crown" can, indeed, mean the entire constitutional monarchy and not just the office of the mona
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