Help me make sense of the sentence below please
I decided that, in order to get as true a picture as possible, I'd need to turn to my family, friends and neighbours, whose ancestors had fought for freedom at the time. Out of this, a picture of wartime West Cork and the huge contribution its brave volunteers made to winning what, on paper, was an impossible fight.
I feel like there is something missing here. A verb probably? (p.s. this was taken from a book)
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anonymous Out of this, (there came (to me)) a picture of wartime West Cork and the huge contribution its brave volunteers made to winning what, on paper, was an impossible fight. Yes, it's missing a verb. I imagine that we're supposed to add (mentally) something like the expression shown above.
- anonymous Out of this, (there came (to me)) a picture of wartime West Cork and the huge contribution its brave volunteers made to winning what, on paper, was an impossible fight.
- Yes, it's missing a verb.
- I imagine that we're supposed to add (mentally) something like the expression shown above.
- Occasionally you'll see this kind of literary stylistic device in books.
- CJ
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anonymousOut of this, (there came (to me)) a picture of wartime West Cork and the huge contribution its brave volunteers made to winning what, on paper, was an impossible fight.
Yes, it's missing a verb. I imagine that we're supposed to add (mentally) something like the expression shown above.
Occasionally you'll s
0In my view, the given passage is perfect as written, nothing is "missing" here. The wording of the second sentence captures the drama of the seemingly hopeless fight at the time
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