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Enkidu Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Last one for today
From my observations, I’ve been led to the opinion that the surface of the moon is not smooth, uniform, as a great number of philosophers believe it and the other heavenly bodies to be, but is uneven, rough and full of cavities and prominences, being, not unlike the face of the earth, relieved by chains of mountains and deep valleys.
Enkid:
red part needs to be explained. Not unlike: double negatives makes meaning vogue for me. It means, moon has got mountains and deep valleys like earth? If so why verb "relieved by" is used here?
this is my last question for tonight.
Enkid:
red part needs to be explained. Not unlike: double negatives makes meaning vogue for me. It means, moon has got mountains and deep valleys like earth? If so why verb "relieved by" is used here?
this is my last question for tonight.
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Double negative indeed! She is not unlike her sister. It's an old fashioned way of saying she is like her sister.
- Double negative indeed!
- She is not unlike her sister.
- It's an old fashioned way of saying she is like her sister.
- " A "relief map" shows the three-dimensional features of the topography.
- I remember the term "bas-relief" (low relief) from studying classical sculpture in grade school.
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Double negative indeed! She is not unlike her sister. It's an old fashioned way of saying she is like her sister. (For some reason, the speaker chooses to be indirect.)
"Relief" in this sense means "profile." A "relief map" shows the three-dimensional features of the topography. I remember the term "bas-relief" (low relief) from studying classical sculpture in g
"Relief" in this sense means "profile." A "relief map" shows the three-dimensional features of the topography. I remember the term "bas-relief" (low relief) from studying classical sculpture in g
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