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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
OSV
Hello.
I am trying to understand the meaning of the sentence below.
CONTEXT:
Two friends discuss the use of industry language (shop talk) by an official in a news article.
One of the friends suggesting that the use of special terms in the official's interview might be confusing and therefore inappropriate says:
"It's like all of the fancy words you use when talking about shaving your legs."
I ask you to help me determine the parts (subject, object, etc.) of this sentence.
My take on this:
"It's like [all of the fancy words (Direct? object)] [you (subject)] [use (verb)] when talking about.."
Therefore, I assume, the sentence is an example of OSV.
Am I any close?
I am trying to understand the meaning of the sentence below.
CONTEXT:
Two friends discuss the use of industry language (shop talk) by an official in a news article.
One of the friends suggesting that the use of special terms in the official's interview might be confusing and therefore inappropriate says:
"It's like all of the fancy words you use when talking about shaving your legs."
I ask you to help me determine the parts (subject, object, etc.) of this sentence.
My take on this:
"It's like [all of the fancy words (Direct? object)] [you (subject)] [use (verb)] when talking about.."
Therefore, I assume, the sentence is an example of OSV.
Am I any close?
Top answer
Anonymous I am trying to understand the meaning of the sentence below. " I guess it’s supposed to be a joke, but I don’t get it . The sentence says that the use of “industry language” is similar to the fancy words that are used to describe shaving your legs, whatever that means.
- Anonymous I am trying to understand the meaning of the sentence below.
- " I guess it’s supposed to be a joke, but I don’t get it .
- The sentence says that the use of “industry language” is similar to the fancy words that are used to describe shaving your legs, whatever that means.
- Anonymous the sentence is an example of OSV.
- No, the subject and the main verb are the first two words in the sentence.
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AnonymousI am trying to understand the meaning of the sentence below.I guess it’s supposed to be a joke, but I don’t get it. The sentence says that the use of “industry language” is similar to the fancy words that are used to describe shaving your legs, whatever that m
"It's like all of the fancy words you use when talking about shaving your legs."
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Here is one way to parse it. The sentence is ordinary, subject-object-complement.
It (subject) is (verb) like (preposition) all (noun; object of preposition) of (preposition) the fancy words (noun; object of preposition) you (subject in the relative clause) use (verb in the relative clause) when (conjunction, relative a
It (subject) is (verb) like (preposition) all (noun; object of preposition) of (preposition) the fancy words (noun; object of preposition) you (subject in the relative clause) use (verb in the relative clause) when (conjunction, relative a
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Not quite, AS.
AlpheccaStarsall (noun; object of preposition) of (preposition) the fancy words (noun; object of preposition) …All is not the object of the preposition; it’s the head of the NP, which contains a chain of dependent elements including several NPs, PPs, and clauses functioning within the structure of a larger expres
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