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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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parallelism
“My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.” Barack Obama
Q) Where do the underlined part connected? Are they connected to "...humbled by the task before us, (humbled by) grateful for the trust you have bestowed, (and humbled by) mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors?" If so,, the sentence structure is weird because adjectives "grateful" and "mindful" are connected to the preposition...
Q) Where do the underlined part connected? Are they connected to "...humbled by the task before us, (humbled by) grateful for the trust you have bestowed, (and humbled by) mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors?" If so,, the sentence structure is weird because adjectives "grateful" and "mindful" are connected to the preposition...
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“My fellow citizens: I stand here today -
1) humbled by the task before us,
2) grateful for the trust you have bestowed,
and 3) mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.”
1) humbled by the task before us,
2) grateful for the trust you have bestowed,
and 3) mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.”
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Ah.. you mean 2) and 3) are not connected to "humbled," but independent phrases connected to "I stand here today," right?
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