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Silak12 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Meaning of these two phrases?
Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me what these two phrases, in the para below, mean?
Kapil Dev's 175* in 1983 is one of the World Cup's most famous innings, coming as it did after India slumped to 17 for five against Zimbabwe in Tunbridge Wells. Virender Sehwag's175 in the 2011 World Cup was more about making a statement: he smacked the first ball of the tournament for four. The rest of his innings was just as much an exercise in bullying.
a: What does "coming as it did" mean?
b: Why was the sentence not written thus" The rest of his innings was as much an exercise as bullying"?
Thanks!
Could you tell me what these two phrases, in the para below, mean?
Kapil Dev's 175* in 1983 is one of the World Cup's most famous innings, coming as it did after India slumped to 17 for five against Zimbabwe in Tunbridge Wells. Virender Sehwag's175 in the 2011 World Cup was more about making a statement: he smacked the first ball of the tournament for four. The rest of his innings was just as much an exercise in bullying.
a: What does "coming as it did" mean?
b: Why was the sentence not written thus" The rest of his innings was as much an exercise as bullying"?
Thanks!
Top answer
a) The basic meaning is that it (= the innings) came after after India slumped 17 for 5. " is a way of attaching this information to the preceding words in a way that suggests the circumstance had a role in making the innings famous. "~ing as it did" (and variants) is a set pattern.
- a) The basic meaning is that it (= the innings) came after after India slumped 17 for 5.
- " is a way of attaching this information to the preceding words in a way that suggests the circumstance had a role in making the innings famous.
- "~ing as it did" (and variants) is a set pattern.
- Another example might be "I don't like him much, knowing as I do how he cheats on his wife".
- b) This sentence is saying that bullying was a central characteristic of the rest of the innings, just as had been in smacking the first ball.
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a) The basic meaning is that it (= the innings) came after after India slumped 17 for 5. "coming as it did ..." is a way of attaching this information to the preceding words in a way that suggests the circumstance had a role in making the innings famous.
"~ing as it did" (and variants) is a set pattern. Another example might be "I don't like him much, knowing as I do how he cheats on his
"~ing as it did" (and variants) is a set pattern. Another example might be "I don't like him much, knowing as I do how he cheats on his
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