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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
How are these sentences made up?
Could you tell me whether this contruction is a participle phrase or some shortend verb form or anything?
(from Dylan Thomas)
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, rage againt the dying of the light.
Is this whole "crying....bay" part a relative clause, where he had left out the "who"?
And one another example.
"Filming for our new project "Mr. X."
Where is the verb? Is "filming" a gerund phrase or something?
(from Dylan Thomas)
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, rage againt the dying of the light.
Is this whole "crying....bay" part a relative clause, where he had left out the "who"?
And one another example.
"Filming for our new project "Mr. X."
Where is the verb? Is "filming" a gerund phrase or something?
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Dylan Thomas line: This appears to be ellipsis (words omitted and understood from the context), which is very often encountered in English. With the "missing" words filled in, it might go something like: These good men, the last wave having gone by them, they are crying out about how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, and they rage against the dying of the light. Film line: This is also ellipsis.
- Dylan Thomas line: This appears to be ellipsis (words omitted and understood from the context), which is very often encountered in English.
- With the "missing" words filled in, it might go something like: These good men, the last wave having gone by them, they are crying out about how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, and they rage against the dying of the light.
- Film line: This is also ellipsis.
- The complete sentence would be: We are filming for our new project "Mr.
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Dylan Thomas line: This appears to be ellipsis (words omitted and understood from the context), which is very often encountered in English. With the "missing" words filled in, it might go something like:
These good men, the last wave having gone by them, they are crying out about how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, and they rage against the dying of the light
These good men, the last wave having gone by them, they are crying out about how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, and they rage against the dying of the light
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