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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Not familiar with this grammar
Hi all,
It's from a book, and would you explain what kind of grammar the underlined part is?
I went to work filling a book order, annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor.
Thank you,
m
It's from a book, and would you explain what kind of grammar the underlined part is?
I went to work filling a book order, annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor.
Thank you,
m
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fill a book order = accede to a request to purchase a book and prepare the book and invoice for shipping. Annoyed is an adjective modifying 'I'.
- fill a book order = accede to a request to purchase a book and prepare the book and invoice for shipping.
- Annoyed is an adjective modifying 'I'.
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fill a book order = accede to a request to purchase a book and prepare the book and invoice for shipping.
Annoyed is an adjective modifying 'I'.
Annoyed is an adjective modifying 'I'.
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Thank you for the reply,
Is that grammatically correct? I mean, I assume the complete sentence is: I went to work filling a book order and I was annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor.
As long as I know, it can be rewritten: I went to work filling a book order, being annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in preten
Is that grammatically correct? I mean, I assume the complete sentence is: I went to work filling a book order and I was annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor.
As long as I know, it can be rewritten: I went to work filling a book order, being annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in preten
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Is that grammatically correct? -- Yes, if course. Otherwise, I would have corrected it.
I mean, I assume the complete sentence is: I went to work filling a book order and I was annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor.-- There is no 'complete' sentence there; yours is another way of expressing the same thing, though.
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I mean, I assume the complete sentence is: I went to work filling a book order and I was annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor.-- There is no 'complete' sentence there; yours is another way of expressing the same thing, though.
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Oh, so,
I went to work filling a book order, annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor.
is just the different order of :
I, annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor, went to work filling a book order.
That'll makes sense.
Thank you!
I went to work filling a book order, annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor.
is just the different order of :
I, annoyed that Valencia took such great pleasure in pretending to be poor, went to work filling a book order.
That'll makes sense.
Thank you!
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