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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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Cary Grant's performance as a dashing rogue sees him
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I was reading a Wikipedia article on the movie "Sylvia Scarlette" and I found the passage below there. I don't understand the meaning of the phrase "sees him". I would have simply said something like "Cary Grant's performance as a dashing rogue required him to incorporate...". Please guide me. Thanks.
This film was the first pairing of Grant and Hepburn, who later starred together in Bringing Up Baby (1938), Holiday (1938), and The Philadelphia Story (1940). Cary Grant's performance as a dashing rogue sees him incorporate a Cockney accent and remains widely considered the first time Grant's famous personality began to register on film. (The only other film in which Grant used the Cockney accent is Clifford Odets' None but the Lonely Heart nine years later.) Cockney was not, however, Cary Grant's original accent. He was born and grew up in Bristol, which has a very different accent from that of London.
I was reading a Wikipedia article on the movie "Sylvia Scarlette" and I found the passage below there. I don't understand the meaning of the phrase "sees him". I would have simply said something like "Cary Grant's performance as a dashing rogue required him to incorporate...". Please guide me. Thanks.
This film was the first pairing of Grant and Hepburn, who later starred together in Bringing Up Baby (1938), Holiday (1938), and The Philadelphia Story (1940). Cary Grant's performance as a dashing rogue sees him incorporate a Cockney accent and remains widely considered the first time Grant's famous personality began to register on film. (The only other film in which Grant used the Cockney accent is Clifford Odets' None but the Lonely Heart nine years later.) Cockney was not, however, Cary Grant's original accent. He was born and grew up in Bristol, which has a very different accent from that of London.
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'Sees him' does not mean 'requires him'. 'Sees him' = 'we see him'.
- 'Sees him' does not mean 'requires him'.
- 'Sees him' = 'we see him'.
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'Sees him' does not mean 'requires him'. 'Sees him' = 'we see him'.
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Mister Micawber'Sees him' does not mean 'requires him'. 'Sees him' = 'we see him'.
Cary Grant's performance as a dashing rogue sees him incorporate a Cockney accent
Thank you, Mr Micawber. I hope you wouldn't
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Jackson6612Cary Grant's performance ... sees him incorporate a Cockney accentYou might paraphrase this as
Cary Grant's performance ... shows him incorporating a Cockney accent.
CJ
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CalifJimThanks a lot, Jim.Jackson6612Cary Grant's performance ... sees him incorporate a Cockney accentYou might paraphrase this as
Cary Grant's performance ... shows him incorporating a Cockney accent.
CJ
But can't we make some sense out of that "sees him" structure so that I can understan
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@Mr. Micawber, CJ: It would be kind of you if you can help me with this even if I'm not making much sense.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Jackson6612can't we make some sense out of that "sees him" structure so that I can understand it?What don't you understand about this?
Cary Grant's performance ... shows him incorporating a Cockney accent.
Would you prefer 'illustrates'?
Cary Grant's performance ... illustrates him incorporating a Cockney accent.
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You can also consider this, Jackson: it is a personification of the subject.
The performance sees him incorporate a Cockney accent.
Friday morning saw us only halfway to finishing the project.
Dawn saw them no longer alone but surrounded by savages.
It could be expanded and unpersonified like this:
At the performance, we see him
The performance sees him incorporate a Cockney accent.
Friday morning saw us only halfway to finishing the project.
Dawn saw them no longer alone but surrounded by savages.
It could be expanded and unpersonified like this:
At the performance, we see him
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