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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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imagine to do
When I looked up the word 'projection' in the dictionary(LDOCE), the next sentence appeared as a meaning of it :
"something that you imagine to have particular qualities because of your wishes or feelings".
And a sentence example is written like this :
"The Devil is a projection of our fears and insecurities."
I understood the meaning of the word "projection" in this case, but I don't understand the usage of "imagine to do" in the upper sentence.
Does the upper sentence mean "something that you are supposed to have" ? Or does it mean "something that you think yourself to have" ?
Grammatically it looks the latter one is correct, but the former one might be correct in the context. Could you give me some idea to understand the "imagine to do" usage in this case?
Thanks.
"something that you imagine to have particular qualities because of your wishes or feelings".
And a sentence example is written like this :
"The Devil is a projection of our fears and insecurities."
I understood the meaning of the word "projection" in this case, but I don't understand the usage of "imagine to do" in the upper sentence.
Does the upper sentence mean "something that you are supposed to have" ? Or does it mean "something that you think yourself to have" ?
Grammatically it looks the latter one is correct, but the former one might be correct in the context. Could you give me some idea to understand the "imagine to do" usage in this case?
Thanks.
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It doesn't mean either of those. It means you imagine that this thing ("something") has those particular qualities. , it is the "something" that has the qualities, or so you imagine.
- It doesn't mean either of those.
- It means you imagine that this thing ("something") has those particular qualities.
- , it is the "something" that has the qualities, or so you imagine.
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It doesn't mean either of those. It means you imagine that this thing ("something") has those particular qualities. I.e., it is the "something" that has the qualities, or so you imagine.
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Thanks, GPY!
I understood clearly.
"Imagine" and "to" is not in connection, and "that you imagine" is sort of incerted in the main sentence, right?
Thanks a lot!!
(I made an account right now, the anonymous questioner of this topic is me, hiro1. Anyway, Thank you so much!
I understood clearly.
"Imagine" and "to" is not in connection, and "that you imagine" is sort of incerted in the main sentence, right?
Thanks a lot!!
(I made an account right now, the anonymous questioner of this topic is me, hiro1. Anyway, Thank you so much!
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hiro1I made an account right nowWelcome to English forums, hiro1!
CJ
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hiro1"Imagine" and "to" is not in connection, and "that you imagine" is sort of incerted in the main sentence, right?The basic form is "you imagine X to do Y", which has a similar meaning to "you imagine (that) X does Y". In your particular case it would be "you imagine something to have particular qualities".
In your example sentence the "imagine" p
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Thanks again, GPY! That's very kind of you.
So I understood "imagine" part is not what is inserted in, and that it is a part of "you imagine X to do Y", and I got the reason why this part is put following the word "something".
It is because this sentence is an
Thanks again, GPY! That's very kind of you.
So I understood "imagine" part is not what is inserted in, and that it is a part of "you imagine X to do Y", and I got the reason why this part is put following the word "something".
It is because this sentence is an
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