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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
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could help to interpret this sentence?
Her own supporters see her as an albatross who could lose them the election.
This is a dictionary example so there is no context. I want to know the meaning acquired by 'common sense'.
This is a dictionary example so there is no context. I want to know the meaning acquired by 'common sense'.
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She is a detriment to the cause.
- She is a detriment to the cause.
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Oh, that's an easy one.
It refers to the poem "the Rhime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge. A sailor shot the Albatross, a bird of good fortune, and the whole ship was becalmed. The Albatross became the symbol of a curse that spread the evil or sin of one man to all of his mates.
Here are a couple os stanzas:
Ah! well-a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and you
It refers to the poem "the Rhime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge. A sailor shot the Albatross, a bird of good fortune, and the whole ship was becalmed. The Albatross became the symbol of a curse that spread the evil or sin of one man to all of his mates.
Here are a couple os stanzas:
Ah! well-a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and you
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They aren't very good supporters, are they? I don't like "albatross" there. An albatross is a troublesome burden at its most abstract. If you use the word to mean no more than "impediment to success", you might as well say what you really mean, instead.
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enoon If you use the word to mean no more than "impediment to success", you might as well say what you really mean, instead.Hi enoon;
The sentence came from a dictionary without context. I don't know under what entry - the OP didn't reveal that, but It could have been "albatross."
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contrapositionAre 'her' and 'she' different people?No, the two pronouns (her) refer to the same person. There is no "she" in the sentence.
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Yo, AlpheccaStars.
I searched on the sentence and got a 500 error from "Professional Word Web", Hong Kong, like it's members only. I have been going on the assumption that "albatross" is the point in question. My search engine gives the excerpt, "s [sic] neck for some time to come, Her own supporters
I searched on the sentence and got a 500 error from "Professional Word Web", Hong Kong, like it's members only. I have been going on the assumption that "albatross" is the point in question. My search engine gives the excerpt, "s [sic] neck for some time to come, Her own supporters
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enoonI searched on the sentence and got a 500 error from "Professional Word Web", Hong Kong, like it's members only. I have been going on the assumption that "albatross" is the point in question. My search engine gives the excerpt, "s [sic] neck for some time to come, Her own supporters see her as an albatross who could lose them the election. Ryan Wong Siu Fung. albatros
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