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BKlove Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Of that

Hi all,

Please let me know the answer.

Q) 'of that i'm sure' in this sentence, something's omitted?

eg. My life is brilliant. My love is pure. I saw an angel. Of that I'm sure.

Thanks.

Byungki Park
  

Top answer

This looks like an extract from poetry. Here, the last two lines are meant to be read together. " So, nothing is omitted.

— Tearsofjoy

  • This looks like an extract from poetry.
  • Here, the last two lines are meant to be read together.
  • " So, nothing is omitted.
  • A change in punctuation, putting a comma after the word "angel", would have made it easier to understand.
  • However, it seems that the writer/poet wants to increase emphasis by putting in the full-stop.
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This looks like an extract from poetry. Here, the last two lines are meant to be read together. They mean, "I am sure that I saw an angel."

So, nothing is omitted.

A change in punctuation, putting a comma after the word "angel", would have made it easier to understand. However, it seems that the writer/poet wants to increase emphasis by putting in the full-stop.

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Nothing is omitted in "Of that I'm sure."
This is a case of inverting elements of a sentence in poetry.
The uninverted form is "I'm sure of that." But to place the word "sure" at the end, where it will create a rhyme with "pure", the author has changed the usual word order.

CJ
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