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Moon7296 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
head down / part of speech
Stretched across the upper part of the doorway was a big spiderweb, and hanging from the top of the web, head down, was a large grey spider.
Q) What's the part of speech of "head down"? or how can I understand it?
Can it be seen like this?
1. A large grey spider which heads down is hanging from the top of the web.
2. A large grey spider which is head down is hanging from the top of the web.
Q) What's the part of speech of "head down"? or how can I understand it?
Can it be seen like this?
1. A large grey spider which heads down is hanging from the top of the web.
2. A large grey spider which is head down is hanging from the top of the web.
Top answer
The spider's head was pointing in the "down" direction. Jumping from the plane, head down, Yasu fell five thousand feet before opening his parachute.
- The spider's head was pointing in the "down" direction.
- Jumping from the plane, head down, Yasu fell five thousand feet before opening his parachute.
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Ah, then can I rephrase the original sentence like this?
A large grey spider's head is hanging down from the top of the web.
A large grey spider's head is hanging down from the top of the web.
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