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Jumanah Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Characterize

1. An era characterized by greed.
Does it mean "an era was characteristic of greed"?
2. An unsightly rash characterizes chicken pox.
Does it mean "an unsightly rash describes chicken pox"?
3. Is A blend of emotion and intellectual ingenuity, characterized by conceits"
Does it mean " conceits describes a blend of emotion and..."?
  

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No to all three questions/

Look up 'ccharacterise' in three or four dictionarieshttp://onelook.com/?w=characterize&ls=a to see what the word means and how it is used.
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An unsightly rash characterizes chicken pox means defines chicken pox.
A blend of emotion and intellectual ingenuity, characterized by by by conceits means conceits represent a blend of..."
That's what I understood.
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JumanahAn unsightly rash characterizes chicken pox
An unsightly rash is a characteristic of chicken pox.
An unsightly rash is a symptom of chicken pox.
An unsightly rash is a sign of chicken pox.
An unsightly rash is typical of chicken pox.

"defines" is close. "partially defines" is closer because there may be other characteristics (signs
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An unsightly rash is a characteristic of chicken pox means a symptom of..." and "an unsightly rash characterizes chicken pox means " ... is a characteristic of..." or a symptom of..."
I got it.
Okay, what about
1. Is a blend of emotion, characterized by conceits.
As far as I understand is that "characterized in this sentence means "represented"
2. An era characterized by gree
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Jumanah Is a blend of emotion, characterized by conceits.
~ having the characteristics (properties, aspects) of conceits
JumanahAn era characterized by greed
~ an era that has greed as its principal characteristic (property, aspect)

CJ
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An era characterized by greed.
Is "characterized" in this sentence in a past-tense form?!
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JumanahIs "characterized" in this sentence in a past-tense form?!
No. It's a past participle, a non-finite form.

CJ
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Why there's no "is"?!
An era is characterized by greed.
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As far as I understand is that "an era characterized by greed." Has the same meaning as " "an era has an aspect of greed"
Am I right?
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JumanahWhy there's no "is"?!
Because it's not a sentence. It's just some words that mention an era and say what kind of era.
JumanahAn era is characterized by greed.
Now, with "is", it is a complete sentence.

CJ
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