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BubbaStrangelove Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Grammar in the Miami Vice movie trailer.

0In a teaser trailer for the Miami Vice movie, a character says, "Do you know 02br
00the meaning of the word foreboding, as in badness is happening right now?” 02br
00I've taken this to mean that he is rhetorically asking the person if they know the 02br
00meaning of foreboding, as a way of mentioning the badness he sees happening. 02br
00He is saying that he thinking certain doom is afoot based on what is 02br
00happening at the moment. Others have taken it as him incorrectly attempting 02br
00to define the word foreboding as 'badness happening'. I'm just wondering 02br
00if you English folks can help us movie geeks out by analyzing the phrase for us. 02br
00Why does or doesn't it work, and what you make of its intent. Doesn't the use 02br
00of "as in" imply that he is giving an example, or stating "because" --- So it 02br
00would be like him saying, "Do you know the meaning of the word foreboding, 02br
00because badness is happening right now." -- Again, with the question being rhetorical. 02br
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00Ps - Sorry for any flubs I made in my own writing. Please be gentle.0250hrefhttp://progressive.stream.aol.com/aol/us/moviefone/movies/2005/miamivice_021727
  

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0Hello Bubba02br 02br 001. "02br 02br 00"Foreboding" is a feeling of apprehension about "something bad". 02br 02br 00For instance, on the way home from work, I might have a foreboding that 02br 00the house had burnt down in my absence; or even that it was at that very 02br 00moment in flames.

— MrPedantic

  • 0Hello Bubba02br 02br 001.
  • "02br 02br 00"Foreboding" is a feeling of apprehension about "something bad".
  • 02br 02br 00For instance, on the way home from work, I might have a foreboding that 02br 00the house had burnt down in my absence; or even that it was at that very 02br 00moment in flames.
  • 02br 02br 00MrP0-
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0Hello Bubba02br
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001. "Do you know the meaning of the word foreboding, as in badness 02br
00is happening right now?"02br
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00"Foreboding" is a feeling of apprehension about "something bad". Either the 02br
00"something bad" hasn't yet happened; or it is happening or 01i00has02i00 happened, but 02br
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0It can be difficult to know the deeper meaning of lines in a trailer, 02br
00as so little context within the movie is provided. Nevertheless, I'll do 02br
00my best to offer an accurate interpretation of what was said.02br
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00I think that both interpretations you've offered as examples are correct to 02br
00some extent. The question
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0I apologize for reformatting the posts in this thread -- I had to scroll the 02br
00horizontal bar back and forth to read each line, and I suspect it is frustrating 02br
00not just to me but to other posters as well, so I just reformatted the message. 02br
00I didn't change a single word.02br
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00Sorry. 050010id1
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0Fine by me!02br
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00I was having to go round the back of my pc to read the thread.02br
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00MrP0-
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0 Thanks everyone! Both replies went along with how I was interpreting it. 02br
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