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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Of the sentence, the meaning and the position of the adverb
I'm reading a book that is called "The man who planted trees" and I have questions. The sentence, which is written below, follows the scene where the narrator admires the work that the man have spent 10 years to grow a stand of trees on a deserted place.
"The creation had the air, moreover, of working by a chain reaction."
One of my questions is about the meaning of this sentence, and the other is about the position of the "moreover."
I think the meaning is like "Having achieved the work seems to owe to a chain reaction"
Is it correct?
About the latter question, I think the "the air of working by a chain reaction" is a noun clause, and the "moreover" modifies that. If it is correct, I think the position of the "moreover" should be between the "had" and "the air." Why is the "moreover" put on there?
"The creation had the air, moreover, of working by a chain reaction."
One of my questions is about the meaning of this sentence, and the other is about the position of the "moreover."
I think the meaning is like "Having achieved the work seems to owe to a chain reaction"
Is it correct?
About the latter question, I think the "the air of working by a chain reaction" is a noun clause, and the "moreover" modifies that. If it is correct, I think the position of the "moreover" should be between the "had" and "the air." Why is the "moreover" put on there?
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Anonymous I'm reading a book that is called "The Man Who Planted Trees " and I have questions. " Anonymous I think the meaning is like "Having achieved the work seems to owe to a chain reaction"Is it correct? Maybe; I am not sure of what you think 'seems to' means.
- Anonymous I'm reading a book that is called "The Man Who Planted Trees " and I have questions.
- " Anonymous I think the meaning is like "Having achieved the work seems to owe to a chain reaction"Is it correct?
- Maybe; I am not sure of what you think 'seems to' means.
- The meaning is that the new forest looked like it had come into being through a chain reaction: it had such an appearance.
- Anonymous I think the "the air of working by a chain reaction" is a noun clause Yes, that's right.
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AnonymousI'm reading a book that is called "The Man Who Planted Trees" and I have questions. The sentence which is written below follows the scene where the narrator admires the work of the man who spent 10 years growing a stand of
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Thank you for your reply!
"I think the achievement of the work probably owes to
I meant the same. to seem doesn't means almost the same as to look like? Or the subject I wrote is bad?
Maybe; I am not sure of what you think 'seems to' means. The meaning is that the new forest looked like it had come into being through a chain reaction: it had such an appearance.
"I think the achievement of the work probably owes to
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Anonymous"I think the achievement of the work is probably owed to a chain reaction" is correct, or natural?That is OK, but it is a different meaning: it is suggesting the cause, not the appearance.
AnonymousYou mean an adverb should be put on without commas if that modifies the verb, because to be set within commas means that th
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