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Pructus Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Difficult sentence

I will tell you, each of you something: Not one of you has ever listened to anyone else. You have felt a unity with those who think as you think, who see as you see. And as I said, sometimes those you are listening to are less afraid to express and own what you are freshly, and naively, and unconfidently beginning to feel moving within you. And so you listen to them to gain strength within yourself about what you believe.

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Hello...

I need help on that underlined part...

It's difficult to find out the structure of the sentence.
What is beginning to feel moving within you?
freshly, and naively, and unconfidently....
Is it in the structure of "express and own freshly, and naively, and unconfidently what you are"?

And Isn't "unconfidently" a typo of "unconfidentially"?
  

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pructus What is beginning to feel moving within you? There is no information in the context to specify this. pructus nd Isn't "unconfidently" a typo of "unconfidentially"?

— Mister Micawber

  • pructus What is beginning to feel moving within you?
  • There is no information in the context to specify this.
  • pructus nd Isn't "unconfidently" a typo of "unconfidentially"?
  • No; it means 'without confidence', 'unsurely', 'diffidently'.
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pructusWhat is beginning to feel moving within you?
There is no information in the context to specify this.
pructusnd Isn't "unconfidently" a typo of "unconfidentially"?
No; it means 'without confidence', 'unsurely', 'diffidently'.
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Thanks a lot, Mister Micawber!!

A lot more clear with your help, but still a little vauge...

The structure of "beginning~" is not very certain to me.

I can't even figure out what is the subject of the verb "beginning"...
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pructusI can't even figure out what is the subject of the verb "beginning"...
you are...beginning to feel
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Thanks again, Mister Micawber!!

Then, the structure is like this?: Sometimes those you are listening to are less afraid to express and own what you are freshly, and naively, and YOU ARE unconfidently beginning to feel moving within you.
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I'm not sure what you see, Pructus. This is how I read it, boiled down:

Sometimes others are less afraid to express what you are [freshly, naively, unconfidently] beginning to feel. And so you listen to them.
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Oh, My ***!!

That was it...

It is like an iceberg surfacing!!

Thanks for the enlightenment, Mister Micawber!!!
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