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Li Hang Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

I can't understand the grammar here.

Original sentence:
To make a computer file its normal size so that you can use it after it has been made to use less space.

where "make" is a verb, "a computer file" is a noun and "its normal size" is a noun also. We can model it as VNN structure. I only remember a grammar structure as Verb + noun+ adj, but here adj has been replaced by a noun.

Is this usage wrong? or I have not learnt it?
  

Top answer

Li Hang To make a computer file its normal size so that you can use it after it has been made to use less space. That is not a grammatical sentence. It should be something like this: Use WINZIP to restore a computer file to its normal size after it has been compressed.

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  • Li Hang To make a computer file its normal size so that you can use it after it has been made to use less space.
  • That is not a grammatical sentence.
  • It should be something like this: Use WINZIP to restore a computer file to its normal size after it has been compressed.
  • Use WINZIP to restore a compressed computer file to its normal size so it can be used.
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Li HangTo make a computer file its normal size so that you can use it after it has been made to use less space.
That is not a grammatical sentence. It should be something like this:

Use WINZIP to restore a computer file to its normal size after it has been compressed.
Use WINZIP to restore a compressed computer file to its normal size so it can be
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OK, Thank you very much.
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Li HangOriginal sentence:To make a computer file its normal size so that you can use it after it has been made to use less space.where "make" is a verb, "a computer file" is a noun and "its normal size" is a noun also. We can model it as VNN structure. I only remember a grammar structure as Verb + noun+ adj, but here adj has been replaced by a noun.Is this usage wrong? or
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FROM LDOCE5:
the item "unzip" shown as below
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Li HangFROM LDOCE5:the item "unzip" shown as below
OK, so it's as I thought. Dictionary definitions are normally not grammatically complete sentences.
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So I should be cautious when learning from the definitions on the dictionary. Do you agree with me?
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Li HangSo I should be cautious when learning from the definitions on the dictionary. Do you agree with me?
No, not at all. Let's forget my quibble earlier about it not being very well written, which was for reasons other than the grammatical ones we are concerned with. The structure and grammar of the definition is fine. As AS pointed out, it is not a full gra
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Li HangSo I should be cautious when learning from the definitions on the dictionary. Do you agree with me?
It depends on the dictionary.

Longman's dictionary is for learners who have a very limited vocabulary, so it uses very simple words in definitions. Unfortunately, that sometimes means that the definitions are unwieldy.

(to) UNZIP = to m
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OK. Explanations on LDOCES are so simple, which is easy for me to understand. In addition to LDOCE5, I also have OXFORD ADVANCED LEARNER's Dictionary, but I rarely use it. I often use the system dictionary on MacOs. If some explanation of a word in it can not be understood by me, I will look up that word in LDOCE5. The explanations in LDOCE5 always can be understood by me.
It is the first tim
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I understand what you mean. The sentence is ungrammatical, but it doesn't disturb our understanding.
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