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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

'it" which refers to a noun.

The following are of my own making.

1. I thought of it of horrible the surging river as the rain was coming heavy.
2. The surging river as the rain was coming heavy I thought of it of horrible.

I'd like to know if I can rephrase #1 as #2.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon of it of That is not possible. The meaning of neither of your sentences is clear.

  • park sang joon of it of That is not possible.
  • The meaning of neither of your sentences is clear.
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park sang joon of it of
That is not possible. The meaning of neither of your sentences is clear.
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I'm so sorry for my terrible mistakes. Emotion: sad

I would have written the following.

1. I thought of it as horr
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I agree with Mister Micawber that the meaning of both sentences is unclear.

However, I think (and I'm just guessing here) that I can just about salvage the following from sentence #2:

I thought the surging river, with the rain coming down heavily, looked horrible.

Is that what you meant?

I also agree with Mister Micawber that the use of "of it of" in such
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I thought the surging river, with the rain coming down heavily, looked horrible.
Is that what you meant?
Yes, but I think you didn't look at my last.

1. I thought of it as horrible the surging river as the rain was coming heavy.
2. The surging river as the rain was coming heavy I thought of
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park sang joonYes, but I think you didn't look at my last.1. I thought of it as horrible the surging river as the rain was coming heavy.2. The surging river as the rain was coming heavy I thought of it as horrible.
No, those are still ungrammatical.
You could try,
I thought the surging river looked/was horrible as the rain was coming down heavily on
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Thank you, teechr, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile

You could try,
I thought the surging river looked/was horrib
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park sang joonThe surging river as the rain was coming down heavily, I thought of it as horrible
That's incorrect (unnatural and ungrammatical).
park sang joonBut I'd like to know if an adverbial clause can modify a participle.
I suppose it can; e.g.,

The movie plot was exc

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