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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Her voice dripping with sarcasm
"with sarcasm" is an Adv here? should I see it as "Sarcastic"?
"Michelle was even more irritated. “It’s a tough choice
between, do you stay for Malia’s basketball game on Sunday
or do you go to New Jersey and campaign for [then-senator Jon] Corzine?”
she said to a reporter at the time, her voice dripping with sarcasm."
"Michelle was even more irritated. “It’s a tough choice
between, do you stay for Malia’s basketball game on Sunday
or do you go to New Jersey and campaign for [then-senator Jon] Corzine?”
she said to a reporter at the time, her voice dripping with sarcasm."
Top answer
Yes and yes. 'Dripping with sarcasm' = extremely sarcastic.
- Yes and yes.
- 'Dripping with sarcasm' = extremely sarcastic.
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"her voice dripping with sarcasm" is an absolute participle construction.
with - preposition
sarcasm - noun
As to syntax, altogether "with sarcasm" functions as an adverbial modifier.
with - preposition
sarcasm - noun
As to syntax, altogether "with sarcasm" functions as an adverbial modifier.
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