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Moon7296 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Omission ?
Do you think an omission takes place in a sentence below?
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
should be honored and ~~ kept pure
Is 'should be' taken out in front of 'kept pure'?
Since the subjects of each clause before and after 'and' has a different subject, I don't think 'should be' is omitted in front of 'kept pure'.
Or something I don't know^^
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
should be honored and ~~ kept pure
Is 'should be' taken out in front of 'kept pure'?
Since the subjects of each clause before and after 'and' has a different subject, I don't think 'should be' is omitted in front of 'kept pure'.
Or something I don't know^^
Top answer
moon7296 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed [ should be] kept pure, for *** will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Should be has indeed been omitted. There is no other way to understand the sentence.
- moon7296 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed [ should be] kept pure, for *** will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
- Should be has indeed been omitted.
- There is no other way to understand the sentence.
- Without should be , kept would be in the active voice past tense and its subject would be the marriage bed: the marriage bed kept pure.
- That is nonsense.
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moon7296Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed [should be] kept pure, for *** will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.Should be has indeed been omitted. There is no other way to understand the sentence. Without should be, kept would be in the active voice past te
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Thank you for the answer again, CB.
I have a question again(?)...
That is.. When does omission usually take place?
Isn't it to avoid a same subject in a complex sentence?
Not like the example above?
I have a question again(?)...
That is.. When does omission usually take place?
Isn't it to avoid a same subject in a complex sentence?
Not like the example above?
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moon7296 When does omission usually take place?I don't think anyone can give a definitive answer to that question! Thare are far too many cases and types of sentence. I have never seen a list of cases in which some kind of omission is possible.
CB
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