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Khoshtip Posted 11 years ago
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Does this sentence give clear meaning? If yes, would you simple it please?
Ensuring that a Polygon really represents a polygon turned out to be surprisingly messy.
Ensuring that a Polygon really represents a polygon turned out to be surprisingly messy.
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Why is the first 'polygon' capitalized?
- Why is the first 'polygon' capitalized?
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Mister MicawberWhy is the first 'polygon' capitalized?It refers to a defined class (named "Polygon") of a book on programming. So it's bold and capitalized to differs from normal word "polygon".
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Ensuring that a Polygon really represents a polygon turned out to be surprisingly messy.
And I cannot imagine what a 'class...of a book' is.
Well, your sentence is grammatically correct, but since I don't know what's going on, I have no way of judging whether 'ensuring' should be 'proving' or 'represents' should be 'symbolizes' or some other verb.
And I cannot imagine what a 'class...of a book' is.
Well, your sentence is grammatically correct, but since I don't know what's going on, I have no way of judging whether 'ensuring' should be 'proving' or 'represents' should be 'symbolizes' or some other verb.
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My problem is with the clause "Ensuring that a". The -ing form of the word "ensure" here, doesn't give me a correct meaning that I know about the -ing form of the verbs.
If possible, please just simple that clause or for the whole of the sentence below is the source.
If possible, please just simple that clause or for the whole of the sentence below is the source.
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Ensuring that a Polygon really represents a polygon turned out to be surprisingly messy.
khoshtipThe -ing form of the word "ensure" here, doesn't give me a correct meaning that I know about the -ing form of the verbs.Have you considered the gerund? The clause 'Ensuring....polygon' is the subject of the sentence, and the verb is 'turn out'. Here is a pa
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I think the word "ensuring" acts as a verb here.
Your paraphrasing —here the word paraphrasing is like the ensuring in acting IMO— is OK. I found the correct meaning by putting a punctuation mark, a comma in the sentence!
Ensuring that a Polygon really represents a polygon, turned out to be surprisingly messy.
I thank you for responses.
Your paraphrasing —here the word paraphrasing is like the ensuring in acting IMO— is OK. I found the correct meaning by putting a punctuation mark, a comma in the sentence!
Ensuring that a Polygon really represents a polygon, turned out to be surprisingly messy.
I thank you for responses.
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You cannot put a comma there; you cannot put a single comma between a subject and its verb. To repeat: 'ensuring that a Polygon really represents a polygon' is a noun clause, the subject of the sentence.
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Mister MicawberYou cannot put a comma there;Yes. It seems right. But by that way I found the concept of the sentence.
Mister Micawber'ensuring that a Polygon really represents a polygon' is a noun clause, the subject of the sentence.Yes. I understand that grammatical matter now.
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