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Ipodmini Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

chase shadow?

Ross is off the job Cheryl has been chasing shadow.

Is the sentence above correct in grammar?

What's the meaning of it?
  

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Hello Ipodmini, No, I'm sorry it's not. It seems to have two ideas - one that Ross is no longer working there, and two that Cheryls has been chasing shadowS, which means looking for things that aren't really there. Ross is off the job.

— BarbaraPA

  • Hello Ipodmini, No, I'm sorry it's not.
  • It seems to have two ideas - one that Ross is no longer working there, and two that Cheryls has been chasing shadowS, which means looking for things that aren't really there.
  • Ross is off the job.
  • Cheryl has been chasing shadows.
  • Both of these require context to understand what "the job" is and what Cheryl has been doing so that it seems to be pointless.
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Hello Ipodmini,

No, I'm sorry it's not. It seems to have two ideas - one that Ross is no longer working there, and two that Cheryls has been chasing shadowS, which means looking for things that aren't really there.

Ross is off the job. Cheryl has been chasing shadows.

Both of these require context to understand what "the job" is and what Cheryl has been doing so that it
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