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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Of What
You can not have robbed him of what he never had, nor of what he had any good reason to believe he ever would have.
Could you please explain of what in this sentence?
Could you please explain of what in this sentence?
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"of what" = "of those things"
- "of what" = "of those things"
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Why not You can not have robbed him those things he never had, nor those things
he had any good reason to believe he ever would have then?
he had any good reason to believe he ever would have then?
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You can not have robbed him of those things he never had, nor of those things he had any good reason to believe he ever would have.
Why not this? Well, you'd have to ask the author that. "what" is more concise, I guess.
Keep in mind that there are often different but equally acceptable ways of saying the same thing.
Why not this? Well, you'd have to ask the author that. "what" is more concise, I guess.
Keep in mind that there are often different but equally acceptable ways of saying the same thing.
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I mean why "of + those things", why not only "those things" or only "which"
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Volcano1985
I mean why "of + those things", why not only "those things" or only "which"
Sorry, I misunderstood.
You can't "rob someone something".
"It robbed him his childhood." -- Wrong
"It robbed him of his childhood." -- OK
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