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Eileen_0727 Posted 16 years ago
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Hi,
I've got a question in the following sentence:
The swath of equatorial ocean over which it holds sway extends some 9,700 km, about a quarter of the globe's circumference.
The word over used in this sentence, but I wonder why it is used in here and its meaning.
Hope you can give me a hand, thanks!
I've got a question in the following sentence:
The swath of equatorial ocean over which it holds sway extends some 9,700 km, about a quarter of the globe's circumference.
The word over used in this sentence, but I wonder why it is used in here and its meaning.
Hope you can give me a hand, thanks!
Top answer
"Hold sway" here means "to control ". So you control an area or "have control over an area". The preposition over is often used with both "control" and "hold sway" having the meaning of control.
- "Hold sway" here means "to control ".
- So you control an area or "have control over an area".
- The preposition over is often used with both "control" and "hold sway" having the meaning of control.
- The original sentence could be rewrritten as The swath of equatorial ocean over which it has control extends...
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"Hold sway" here means "to control ". So you control an area or "have control over an area". The preposition over is often used with both "control" and "hold sway" having the meaning of control.
The original sentence could be rewrritten as
The swath of equatorial ocean over which it has control extends...
The original sentence could be rewrritten as
The swath of equatorial ocean over which it has control extends...
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