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Infinik Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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) named for the part "01i 00feed02i 00" (as opposed to "01i 00fly02i 00") in the sentence below? Counterpart? phrasal verb?

— Clive

  • ) named for the part "01i 00feed02i 00" (as opposed to "01i 00fly02i 00") in the sentence below?
  • Counterpart?
  • phrasal verb?
  • 02font 00<<< Yes.
  • That's how I would express it.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I'm wondering if there's a grammatic or syntactic term ( or just speech part?!) named for the part "01i00feed02i00" (as opposed to "01i00fly02i00") in the sentence below? Counterpart? phrasal verb? 02font02br
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0 I thought 01i00fed02i00 was the simple past and the past participle of 01i00feed02i00.02br
00Did I miss something? 05002br
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1i00 [Bats can] fly and feed [in the dark].02i02br
00The material in brackets is shared between two sentences:02br
01i00Bats can 01u00fly02u00 in the dark (and) bats can 01u00feed02u00 in the dark.02i02br
01i00fly02i00 and 01i00feed02i00 are ve
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0Sorry, a lapse of attention. I'm obviously unable to type and think at the same time tonight.05002br
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0Is it pointing out a special skill of the bats - feeding while flying in the dark? Birds can catch the prey in the air but can't eat while flying. I am not sure if bats can actually eat their preys right after catching them when they are still flying, but the sentence gives me this impression. If this is the case, the sentence is not a simple joining up of two sentences with independent mean
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00I think this may be a case of "digging too deep". 05001blockquote
01cite10Pter12cite10If this is the case, the sentence is not a simple joining up of two sentences with independent meanings.12blockquote
10 It seems to me that it 01u00is02u00 the case, but I don't understand why th
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0What I mean is that the following are not the same:02br
001a. 01i00Bats can fly in the dark. PLUS02i02br
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001b. 01i00Bats can feed in the dark.02i02br
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002. 01i00Bats can fly and feed in the dark.02i02br
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00"fly and feed" go together to con
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01cite10CalifJim12cite11i10[Bats can] fly and feed [in the dark].12i12br
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10The material in brackets is shared between two sentences12br
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10 Any liguistics meaning for this? Just wondering...0-
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01cite10Pter12cite10I guess that might be the reason why the OP asked this question. 12blockquote
10hi, it's not what I wanted to ask but interesting though. Your case might be better conveyed as "Bats can feed while flying in the dark." You are thinking phrases like "fire-and-forget", "trick-or-treat" right?0-
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0On second thought, I think the original sentence is not clear if it means 1a + 1b or 2. Bats certainly can fly in the dark and also feed in the dark. Only someone who is knowledgeable in the behaviours of bats can tell us if they can "fly and feed" in the dark, although I wouldn't be surprised that bats can actually do that.0-
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