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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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live inferior?
Dear teachers,
2 sentences confuse me grammatically:
In "The Power of I am" by Joel Osteen, he writes:
(1) You could easily let that seed get inside, ruin your sense of value, and cause you to live inferior.
Shouldn't it be "live an inferior" or "live inferiorly"?
(2) And ladies, as was true for Sarah, you may have had a lot of things in life try to push you down
Shouldn't it be "trying to" or "that try to"?
Thanks for your help.
2 sentences confuse me grammatically:
In "The Power of I am" by Joel Osteen, he writes:
(1) You could easily let that seed get inside, ruin your sense of value, and cause you to live inferior.
Shouldn't it be "live an inferior" or "live inferiorly"?
(2) And ladies, as was true for Sarah, you may have had a lot of things in life try to push you down
Shouldn't it be "trying to" or "that try to"?
Thanks for your help.
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Shouldn't it be "live an inferior" or "live inferiorly"? 'Live inferiorly' is possible, but I think that 'live' is being used as a linking verb here. Anonymous (2) And ladies, as was true for Sarah, you may have had a lot of things in life try to push you downShouldn't it be "trying to" or "that try to"?
- Shouldn't it be "live an inferior" or "live inferiorly"?
- 'Live inferiorly' is possible, but I think that 'live' is being used as a linking verb here.
- Anonymous (2) And ladies, as was true for Sarah, you may have had a lot of things in life try to push you downShouldn't it be "trying to" or "that try to"?
- 'That' is optionally omitted.
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Anonymous(1) You could easily let that seed get inside, ruin your sense of value, and cause you to live inferior.Shouldn't it be "live an inferior" or "live inferiorly"?'Live inferiorly' is possible, but I think that 'live' is being used as a linking verb here.
Anonymous(2) And ladies, as was true for Sarah, you may have had a lot of t
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Thank you for the prompt reply. But
(1) if live is being used as a linking verb and inferior, a countable noun meaning " A person lower in rank, status, or accomplishment than another.",
being used as the subject compliment,
shouldn't it be ""live AN inferior"?
(2) when the relative pronoun "that" is the subject in the relative clause, can it be omitted?
(1) if live is being used as a linking verb and inferior, a countable noun meaning " A person lower in rank, status, or accomplishment than another.",
being used as the subject compliment,
shouldn't it be ""live AN inferior"?
(2) when the relative pronoun "that" is the subject in the relative clause, can it be omitted?
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Anonymous(1) if live is being used as a linking verb and inferior, a countable noun meaning " A person lower in rank, status, or accomplishment than another.", being used as the subject compliment, shouldn't it be ""live AN inferior"?No, I presume it is being used as a predicate adjective.
Anonymous(2) when the relative pronoun "that"
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Anonymous(1) if live is being used as a linking verb and inferior, a countable noun meaning " A person lower in rank, status, or accomplishment than another.",This formulation is explained in all the preceding text.
"Live inferior" means to live in a constant state in which you believe that you are inferior to others. Mr. Olsteen claims that you can talk
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