Construction?
How is this sentence constructed? I understand what it’s trying to say, but its construction is beyond me.
There are few things of which man stands in more fear than of the absence of noise.
Top answer
That sentence is not actually correct. " Do you understand the construction of "There are few things which man fears more than the absence of noise"? Your (corrected) sentence is the same pattern, except that "fear X" is replaced by the phrase "stand in fear of X".
- That sentence is not actually correct.
- " Do you understand the construction of "There are few things which man fears more than the absence of noise"?
- Your (corrected) sentence is the same pattern, except that "fear X" is replaced by the phrase "stand in fear of X".
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That sentence is not actually correct. It should be "There are few things of which man stands in more fear than the absence of noise."
Do you understand the construction of "There are few things which man fears more than the absence of noise"? Your (corrected) sentence is the same pattern, except that "fear X" is replaced by the phrase "stand in fear of X".
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