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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Could anybody help me with the question below?

I intend to go to the movies tonight, however a bolt from the blue my teacher suddenly want us to have a test tomorrow.
a bolt from the blue= an accident happen suddenly?
Is it an adverbial phrase?
Many thanks in advance.
  

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The phrase is a noun phrase, and it is incorrectly incorporated into your sentence. Perhaps: I intended to go to the movies tonight, but like a bolt from the blue , my teacher suddenly want us to take a test tomorrow.

— Mister Micawber

  • The phrase is a noun phrase, and it is incorrectly incorporated into your sentence.
  • Perhaps: I intended to go to the movies tonight, but like a bolt from the blue , my teacher suddenly want us to take a test tomorrow.
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The phrase is a noun phrase, and it is incorrectly incorporated into your sentence. Perhaps:

I intended to go to the movies tonight, but like a bolt from the blue, my teacher suddenly want us to take a test tomorrow.
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Vctory Onga bolt from the blue= an accident happen suddenly
Literally it means a bolt of lightning from blue sky. Would you expect lighting to come from a cloudless sky? Of course, it is a figurative expression. It frequently refers to an idea that comes to us - very fast, with a lot of energy (or impact), and totally unexpected.

Grammatically, it i
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Thanks,
But would you please give an example?
Many thanks in advance.
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"Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the Blue, has hit strange victims."
Thomas Carlyle,The French Revolution, 1837.
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