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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

In itself?

Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me what "by itself" means? I have the assistance of dictionaries but I can't make anything out of it in the following context.
This sonnet is actually a translation of one the sonnets of Patriarch, an Italian sonneteer. It is in itself the best translation of the sonnet.
Does with "in itself", the sentence convey that this translation is better than the other translated versions of the sonnet?
Thanks!
  

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You wrote "by itself" in the first sentence, but I assume you mean "in itself", as in the rest of the post. "in itself" normally means "without including or considering anything else", but in your sentence I don't see the purpose of the phrase. I don't understand what the author is trying to say that is different from "It is the best translation of the sonnet".

— GPY

  • You wrote "by itself" in the first sentence, but I assume you mean "in itself", as in the rest of the post.
  • "in itself" normally means "without including or considering anything else", but in your sentence I don't see the purpose of the phrase.
  • I don't understand what the author is trying to say that is different from "It is the best translation of the sonnet".
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You wrote "by itself" in the first sentence, but I assume you mean "in itself", as in the rest of the post.

"in itself" normally means "without including or considering anything else", but in your sentence I don't see the purpose of the phrase. I don't understand what the author is trying to say that is different from "It is the best translation of the sonnet".
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