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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
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Hi teachers,
I have a question about a sentence. Honestly, I found it difficult to understand. I also couldn't understand some of the grammatical functions of it.
The sentence is from the movie Escape Plan. Here it is:
Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little to cure diseases of which they know less for men of whom they know nothing at all.
What does tihs sentence mean? What is the grammatical functions of the underlined parts. Why don't they use only "which or whom" instead of "of which and of whom?
Thank you.
I have a question about a sentence. Honestly, I found it difficult to understand. I also couldn't understand some of the grammatical functions of it.
The sentence is from the movie Escape Plan. Here it is:
Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little to cure diseases of which they know less for men of whom they know nothing at all.
What does tihs sentence mean? What is the grammatical functions of the underlined parts. Why don't they use only "which or whom" instead of "of which and of whom?
Thank you.
Top answer
If you convert the dependent clauses to sentences, you will see that there is a prepositional phrase: 1 ) Doctors know little of the medicines that they prescribe. 2 ) Doctors know less of the diseases that they try to cure with those medicines. 3 ) Doctors do not know anything of (about) the men.
- If you convert the dependent clauses to sentences, you will see that there is a prepositional phrase: 1 ) Doctors know little of the medicines that they prescribe.
- 2 ) Doctors know less of the diseases that they try to cure with those medicines.
- 3 ) Doctors do not know anything of (about) the men.
- In these sentences "of" means "about".
- " eg.
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If you convert the dependent clauses to sentences, you will see that there is a prepositional phrase:
1 ) Doctors know little of the medicines that they prescribe.
2 ) Doctors know less of the diseases that they try to cure with those medicines.
3 ) Doctors do not know anything of (about) the men.
In these sentences "of" means "about".
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1 ) Doctors know little of the medicines that they prescribe.
2 ) Doctors know less of the diseases that they try to cure with those medicines.
3 ) Doctors do not know anything of (about) the men.
In these sentences "of" means "about".
In
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they know little of the medicines
they know less of the diseases
they know nothing at all of the men
they know less of the diseases
they know nothing at all of the men
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I've understood it clearly. Thank you very much for your valuable answers AlpheccaStars and GPY
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