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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

I'm glad to see you so enthusiastic.

(in a movie)
Robot: I can't promise I'll allow the actual burglary, but I'm glad to see you so enthusiastic.

Is the structure of the phrase, see you so enthusiastic correct? And then how can I understand it? I have never seem the structure of see object adjective, so is this new?

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It was hard to find a dictionary on line that treated this meaning of "see". Collins has it: "to perceive with any or all of the senses? I hate to see you so unhappy".

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  • It was hard to find a dictionary on line that treated this meaning of "see".
  • Collins has it: "to perceive with any or all of the senses?
  • I hate to see you so unhappy".
  • It is plain English of long standing.
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It was hard to find a dictionary on line that treated this meaning of "see". Collins has it: "to perceive with any or all of the senses? I hate to see you so unhappy". It is plain English of long standing.
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When you see seemingly unexplainable grammatical constructions like this, the explanation is often simply ellipsis - words have been left out, for the sake of brevity or convenience, and are understood from the context. Here the complete wording is: "I'm glad to see that you are so enthusiastic." The words "that" and "are" have been left out for brevity's sake, and are understood from the cont
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Anonymous The words "that" and "are" have been left out for brevity's sake, and are understood from the context.
No, they aren't. The construction stands on its own. From Hamlet: I am glad to see you well. From The Winter's Tale: I never wish'd to see you sorry.
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