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Jackson6612 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
His heart just stopped; he'd had it.
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Please help me with the queries below. Thank you.
Q1: His heart just stopped; he'd had it. In the given sentence I couldn't figure out exactly if "he'd" is contracted form of 'he would' or 'he had'. I suspect it's 'he had'. His heart just stopped; he'd had it.
Q2: Why are "someone" and "with" enclosed within parentheses in the sense 4 of the definition? Anyway, why didn't they write it within one set of parentheses like "(someone with)"?
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/treat (verb)
1. (tr) to deal with or regard in a certain manner she treats school as a joke
2. (Medicine) (tr) to apply treatment to to treat a patient for malaria
3. (tr) to subject to a process or to the application of a substance to treat photographic film with developer
4. (often foll by to) to provide (someone) (with) as a treat he treated the children to a trip to the zoo
5. (intr; usually foll by of) Formal to deal (with), as in writing or speaking
6. (intr) Formal to discuss settlement; negotiate
[Collins English Dictionary]
Regards
Jackson
Please help me with the queries below. Thank you.
Q1: His heart just stopped; he'd had it. In the given sentence I couldn't figure out exactly if "he'd" is contracted form of 'he would' or 'he had'. I suspect it's 'he had'. His heart just stopped; he'd had it.
Q2: Why are "someone" and "with" enclosed within parentheses in the sense 4 of the definition? Anyway, why didn't they write it within one set of parentheses like "(someone with)"?
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/treat (verb)
1. (tr) to deal with or regard in a certain manner she treats school as a joke
2. (Medicine) (tr) to apply treatment to to treat a patient for malaria
3. (tr) to subject to a process or to the application of a substance to treat photographic film with developer
4. (often foll by to) to provide (someone) (with) as a treat he treated the children to a trip to the zoo
5. (intr; usually foll by of) Formal to deal (with), as in writing or speaking
6. (intr) Formal to discuss settlement; negotiate
[Collins English Dictionary]
Regards
Jackson
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Q1 He would had had enough You have a very weird dictionary in my opinion but I think I know what it means. It saying the verb must have a direct object, it must act on somebody, not a subhuman entity and you have to be giving them something. as a treat he treated the children with a trip to the zoo In the sentence above the children are the (somebody), the trip the zoo is the (with) , because this sentence must have a treat.
- Q1 He would had had enough You have a very weird dictionary in my opinion but I think I know what it means.
- It saying the verb must have a direct object, it must act on somebody, not a subhuman entity and you have to be giving them something.
- as a treat he treated the children with a trip to the zoo In the sentence above the children are the (somebody), the trip the zoo is the (with) , because this sentence must have a treat.
- And you see how it says TO THE ZOO, its said like this as a treat he treated the children TO some ice cream as a treat he treated the children TO some cookies.
- Youcant say: As a treat he treated the plant to some dirt only humans/ dogs like treats so you are only going to apply this to someone that is human and can be happy because they got something.
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Hewould had had enough
You have a very weird dictionary in my opinion but I think I know what it means.
It saying the verb must have a direct object, it must act on somebody, not a subhuman entity and you have to be giving them something.
as a treat he treated the children with a trip to the zoo
In the sentence above the childre
He
You have a very weird dictionary in my opinion but I think I know what it means.
It saying the verb must have a direct object, it must act on somebody, not a subhuman entity and you have to be giving them something.
as a treat he treated the children with a trip to the zoo
In the sentence above the childre
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