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Volcano1985 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Help For A Sentence

"Under a tree in this commanding yet neglected spot was an old ramshackle wooden seat"

I couldn't understand the first part of the sentence "Under a tree in this commanding yet neglected spot"

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Hi Volcano, It would help your understand, perhaps, if there were commas. " The spot (general location) was commanding (it had a good view, I expect) but it was also neglected (no one kept it up, maintained it). There was a tree in this place, and the seat was under the tree.

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  • Hi Volcano, It would help your understand, perhaps, if there were commas.
  • " The spot (general location) was commanding (it had a good view, I expect) but it was also neglected (no one kept it up, maintained it).
  • There was a tree in this place, and the seat was under the tree.
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Hi Volcano,

It would help your understand, perhaps, if there were commas.

"Under a tree, in this commanding yet neglected spot, was an old ramshackle wooden seat."

The spot (general location) was commanding (it had a good view, I expect) but it was also neglected (no one kept it up, maintained it). There was a tree in this place, and the seat was un
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I'd put 14s.,as plain as paint

What does as plain as paint mean here ?

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