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Nina_Nia Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Of what it means...

Hello

How can 'of what it means' be rephrased?

He was a model to our town and of what it means to be a man
who walks through the world ith openness, honesty and integrity.

Thanks
  

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He was a model of manliness for our town, open, honest, and virtuous.

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  • He was a model of manliness for our town, open, honest, and virtuous.
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He was a model of manliness for our town, open, honest, and virtuous.
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Thank you. I understand the sentence but I was confused by 'of what it means'. Which I rephrased as 'which means'...
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Nina_NiaThank you. I understand the sentence but I was confused by 'of what it means'. Which I rephrased as 'which means'...
He was a model to our town and of what it means to be a man
who walks through the world with openness, honesty and integrity.

OK. I didn't understand the question. I think you might have been confused by the prepositional ph
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Ah, as in: He is a man of manners... Yes, I was confused by 'of', as I have never seen it followed by a verb before.
Thank you for your explanations.
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