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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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The suggestion that to “conceit” something was to “conceive” or “imagine” it led, understandably, to the word’s being associated with fantasizing—to the notion, in other words, that whatever was “conceited” was possibly delusional. Such was particularly the case in the instance of “self-conceit.” That compound word arose in the early seventeenth century and usually had a derogatory meaning, referring to a person’s imagining himself to be other or greater than he really is.
I'd like to know whether the predicate of "the suggestion" is "was possibly delusional."
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know whether the predicate of "the suggestion" is "was possibly delusional."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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The suggestion that to “conceit” something was to “conceive” or “imagine” it led , understandably, to the word’s being associated with fantasizing—to the notion, in other words, that whatever was “conceited” was possibly delusional . No, the predicate of the italicised subject is the entire underlined sequence. Within that predicate there are other clauses with their own subjects and predicates.
- The suggestion that to “conceit” something was to “conceive” or “imagine” it led , understandably, to the word’s being associated with fantasizing—to the notion, in other words, that whatever was “conceited” was possibly delusional .
- No, the predicate of the italicised subject is the entire underlined sequence.
- Within that predicate there are other clauses with their own subjects and predicates.
- Btw, it's a poorly constructed sentence because it contains a run-on clause ( in other words ...
- delusional ), but I've ignored that error for these purposes.
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The suggestion that to “conceit” something was to “conceive” or “imagine” it led, understandably, to the word’s being associated with fantasizing—to the notion, in other words, that whatever was “conceited” was possibly delusional.
No, the predicate of the italicised subject is the entire underlined sequence. Within that predicate t
No, the predicate of the italicised subject is the entire underlined sequence. Within that predicate t
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There was a software error just now, so I've re-typed my reply.
The suggestion that to “conceit” something was to “conceive” or “imagine” it led, understandably, to the word’s being associated with fantasizing—to the notion, in other words, that whatever was “conceited” was possibly delusional. Such was particularly the case in the instance of “self-conceit.”
No, th
The suggestion that to “conceit” something was to “conceive” or “imagine” it led, understandably, to the word’s being associated with fantasizing—to the notion, in other words, that whatever was “conceited” was possibly delusional. Such was particularly the case in the instance of “self-conceit.”
No, th
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Thank you for your very valuable answer. 
Btw, it's a poorly constructed sentence because it contains a run-on claus
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