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Contraposition Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
numbered
What does 'numbered' mean here (perhaps intended figuratively) ?
And what is omitted after 'for'?
And what is omitted after 'for'?
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e. at some point he would die.
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- at some point he would die.
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His heart would not go on beating indefinitely, but had a finite number of beats remaining, i.e. at some point he would die.
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"numbered", here, means that his life has only a short time left before his heart stops beating.
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Hmm .. did I overlook your second question?
There is nothing omitted after "for".
An affirmative sentence might be, for example, "There would be time for 100 beats". When this is turned into a "How many?" question, the word "for" remains at the end. The object of "for" is logically "How many?". In principle you could say "For how many beats would there be time?" though this is ve
There is nothing omitted after "for".
An affirmative sentence might be, for example, "There would be time for 100 beats". When this is turned into a "How many?" question, the word "for" remains at the end. The object of "for" is logically "How many?". In principle you could say "For how many beats would there be time?" though this is ve
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What is baffling me is the uncountable "time" associated with the question phrase "How many" in "How many there would be time for,...".
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AnonymousWhat is baffling me is the uncountable "time" associated with the question phrase "How many" in "How many there would be time for,..."."How many" means "How many beats" not "How many time".
If there is "time for" something, it means that sufficient time remains for that thing to happen or be done.
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