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Debpriya De Posted 17 years ago
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For clause

" For her to have survived this ordeal is amazing."

In this sentence , is " For her to have survived " used as a noun phrase ?

What is the meaning of the sentence ?

Does it mean that the event of her survival is amazing or does it mean that (for her) "surviving this ordeal " is amazing ?
  

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" In this sentence , is " For her to have survived " used as a noun phrase ? Yes What is the meaning of the sentence ? Does it mean that the event of her survival is amazing Yes or does it mean that (for her) "surviving this ordeal " is amazing ?

  • " In this sentence , is " For her to have survived " used as a noun phrase ?
  • Yes What is the meaning of the sentence ?
  • Does it mean that the event of her survival is amazing Yes or does it mean that (for her) "surviving this ordeal " is amazing ?
  • No.
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Hi,

For her to have survived this ordeal is amazing."

In this sentence , is " For her to have survived " used as a noun phrase ? Yes

What is the meaning of the sentence ?

Does it mean that the event of her survival is amazing Yes

or does it mean that (for her) "surviving this ordeal " is amazing ? No. That meaning would be written as " For her,

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