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DS Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

inspiration meaning

Could someone please help me understand this expression "for both inspiration" as in "first select a gallery then pick a photo or document for both inspiration and to illustrate your poem?"
  

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It is poor parallelism, but the phrase is supposed to collocate like this: for both inspiration and to illustrate your poem = to be used to inspire you or your readers and also used to illustrate your poem.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is poor parallelism, but the phrase is supposed to collocate like this: for both inspiration and to illustrate your poem = to be used to inspire you or your readers and also used to illustrate your poem.
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It is poor parallelism, but the phrase is supposed to collocate like this:

for both inspiration and to illustrate your poem = to be used to inspire you or your readers and also used to illustrate your poem.
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Wow it didn't come to me in the first place that for both inspiration means inspiration for both me and my audience, I got it wrong the whole time, and thank you Mister Micawber, you've always been helpful, really appreciate what you are doing. And could you be so kind to give a few more examples like this that apear to be confusing? I mean does "for both something" always refer to the speak and t
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DS I mean does "for both something" always refer to the speak and the intended audience?
No, never. 'Both' here refers to (1) inspiration and (2) illustration.
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I understand it now. So embrassing that I misread your explaination, but how should I rephrase if it is such an awkward expression?
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First select a gallery; then pick a photo or document for inspiration and to illustrate your poem.
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