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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence correct?

The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau

I have entered upon a performance which is without example, whose
accomplishment will have no imitator. I mean to present my
fellow-mortals with a man in all the integrity of nature; and this man
shall be myself.

Shouldn't it be: "I mean to present to my fellow-mortals a man in all the integrity of nature"?
  

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Hi Anon The use of "with" seems fine to me. It's quite normal to say "present someone with". It is actually the hyphenation of "fellow mortals" that strikes me as a bit unusual in that sentence.

— Yankee

  • Hi Anon The use of "with" seems fine to me.
  • It's quite normal to say "present someone with".
  • It is actually the hyphenation of "fellow mortals" that strikes me as a bit unusual in that sentence.
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Hi Anon

The use of "with" seems fine to me. It's quite normal to say "present someone with".

It is actually the hyphenation of "fellow mortals" that strikes me as a bit unusual in that sentence.
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