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HSS Posted 20 years ago
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00She had a long and lean visage that might once have passed for fair but which age had turned more knowing and severe.02br
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12br 12br 10Could anyone please help me with the following? "12br 12br 10She had a long and lean visage( Hi, 'that might once have passed for fair but which age had turned more knowing and severe' 11font 10is a relative clause modifying the noun ' visage'. A visage that might once have passed for fair, but which age had turned more knowing and severe.

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  • 12br 12br 10Could anyone please help me with the following?
  • "12br 12br 10She had a long and lean visage( Hi, 'that might once have passed for fair but which age had turned more knowing and severe' 11font 10is a relative clause modifying the noun ' visage'.
  • A visage that might once have passed for fair, but which age had turned more knowing and severe.
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10Hi.12br
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10Could anyone please help me with the following? I don't clearly see the construction after "that."12br
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10She had a long and lean visage( Hi, 'that might once have passed for fair but which age had turned more knowing and severe' 11font
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0Many thanks, K.O.02br
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00If I knew what "passed for fair" and "which age turned more knowing and severe" mean, the fog would be gone. Is the "fair" part of the idiom "for fair" or is it that the "for" is part of the expression "passed for" and that the "fair" is a noun? Also, which age turned more knowing and severe? --- Is this a question? Phew, I'm bogged down.02br
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0She had a long and lean visage that might once have passed for fair but which age had turned more knowing and severe.02br
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00She had a long and lean face that, when she was younger might have been seen as reasonably attractive, but now she is older she just makes her look serious and severe.0-
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0Hi, HSS02br
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00It's only a hunch but 'Pass for fair' didn't seem as an idiom to me. But I'm sure Fair could only be an adjective since it modifies the noun 'visage'.02br
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00 As a relative clause, 'which age turned more knowing and severe' can not suggest a question. It is acting as an adjective in the sentence and I guess it means that the person
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00'To pass for' means 01i00to be taken as02i00 , or01i00 accepted as02i00. eg He was 15, but could pass for 20.02br
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00There can sometimes be an implied element of deliberate deception. For example, in the days of extreme racial discrimination in the USA, a light-skinned 'black' person in the
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01cite10HSS12cite10If I knew what "passed for fair" and "which age turned more knowing and severe" mean, the fog would be gone. Is the "fair" part of the idiom "for fair" or is it that the "for" is part of the expression "passed for" and that the "fair" is a noun? 12blockquote
10Hello HSS02br
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0Great help, folks. The coast is now clear, and I'm good to go. Possibility of ellipsis crossed my mind, but my mind only thought about the "as + adjective" ellipsis. But, yes, this "passed for fair" can be "passed as fair" instead.02br
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00Many thanks.02br
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01cite10HSS12cite10But, yes, this "passed for fair" can be "passed as fair" insteead.12blockquote
10 That might be a more reasonable interpretation.02br
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