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Pinkwater Posted 5 years ago
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Can we say that "He lighted the world."
Can we say that "He lighted the world."?
I wish you know what I mean.
Example, before Newton, people had a little knowledge, Newton, discovered the rules of nature, he ligjted the world.
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No, that is not natural English. You are thinking of the famous couplet: “Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: *** said, Let Newton be! ”
- No, that is not natural English.
- You are thinking of the famous couplet: “Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: *** said, Let Newton be!
- ”
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No, that is not natural English. You are thinking of the famous couplet:
“Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
*** said, Let Newton be! and all was light.”
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pinkwaterCan we saythat"He lighted the world"?
Yes, in that it is grammatical, but it's too metaphoric for an academic essay if that's where you want to use it.
CJ
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