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PonyFan Posted 12 years ago
This sentence is said when a pegasus called "Rainbow Dash" shows off how fast she can clear the sky and "loop the loop around" apparently denotes her own movement, not command someone to loop the loop around.
Could you tell me what this is? Thanks!
quoted from http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsky32_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-season-1-episode-1-the-mare-in-the-moon-captioned_shortfilms#.UeVq3m1heVo at 11:17
The transcriptions is here http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1
Grammar
Is this an imperative form?
The sentence above begins with the base form of a verb(loop) so it's seemingly an imperative but it actually is not.
Loop the loop around, and wham!
This sentence is said when a pegasus called "Rainbow Dash" shows off how fast she can clear the sky and "loop the loop around" apparently denotes her own movement, not command someone to loop the loop around.
Could you tell me what this is? Thanks!
quoted from http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsky32_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-season-1-episode-1-the-mare-in-the-moon-captioned_shortfilms#.UeVq3m1heVo at 11:17
The transcriptions is here http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1
Top answer
It could be construed as an instruction to herself. ", but it is not completely clear-cut that "loop the loop" does not also have an element of self-description. )
- It could be construed as an instruction to herself.
- ", but it is not completely clear-cut that "loop the loop" does not also have an element of self-description.
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It could be construed as an instruction to herself. A description of what she herself is doing would more likely be "loops the loop...", but it is not completely clear-cut that "loop the loop" does not also have an element of self-description.
(You probably know this, but "loop the loop" is a set expression for that aerial manoeuvre, usually used of aircraft.)
(You probably know this, but "loop the loop" is a set expression for that aerial manoeuvre, usually used of aircraft.)
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