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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
He has thrown open the national coffers.
Across the Channel, French President Francois Mitterrand is following policies diametrically opposed to those of Thatcher. She seeks obsessively to lower Britain's inflation; he would risk increasing France's 14.5% rate in an all-out drive to create new jobs. She has clamped down on government spending; he has thrown open the national coffers. She accepts high interest rates as necessary medication; he damns them as a cruel impediment.
1) Is the word 'open' inverted with the phrase 'the national coffers'?
2) What does "he has the national coffers open" mean?
Thank you in advance for your help.
1) Is the word 'open' inverted with the phrase 'the national coffers'?
2) What does "he has the national coffers open" mean?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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" is correct. "To throw open" is a verb in itself and splitting "open" from "throw" in this verb is usually not done. He has the national coffers open means that he is willing to spend government money.
- " is correct.
- "To throw open" is a verb in itself and splitting "open" from "throw" in this verb is usually not done.
- He has the national coffers open means that he is willing to spend government money.
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In the quoted text, "has thrown open the national coffers." is correct. "To throw open" is a verb in itself and splitting "open" from "throw" in this verb is usually not done.
He has the national coffers open means that he is willing to spend government money.
He has the national coffers open means that he is willing to spend government money.
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