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Jacklong Posted 21 years ago
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Please analyze the structures of the following two sentences

0 Here are two sentences which I am not sure about their structure, please help me analyze. 02br
001). Squeezed and heated by tidal forces beyond comprehension, the tortured matter. 02br
002). Within the six million liber voters there much volatility. 02br
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001) are there sentences? 02br
002) if they are , then what are subjects , objects and predicates? 02br
00Thanks for help in advance. 0-
  

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0 Hello Jacklong 02br 02br 00[1] Squeezed and heated by tidal forces beyond comprehension, the tortured matter. 02br 00[2] Within the six million liber voters there much volatility. 02br 02br 00The sentence [1] makes some sense.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello Jacklong 02br 02br 00[1] Squeezed and heated by tidal forces beyond comprehension, the tortured matter.
  • 02br 00[2] Within the six million liber voters there much volatility.
  • 02br 02br 00The sentence [1] makes some sense.
  • 02br 00The subject is "the tortured" and the predicate is the intransitive verb "matter" (=discharge pus).
  • " 02br 02br 00paco 0-
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0 Hello Jacklong 02br
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00[1] Squeezed and heated by tidal forces beyond comprehension, the tortured matter. 02br
00[2] Within the six million liber voters there much volatility. 02br
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00The sentence [1] makes some sense. 02br
00The subject is "the tortured" and the predicate is the intransitive verb "matter" (=discharge pu
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0 Both sentences are incomplete and are therefore grammatically incorrect sentences. There is no main verb in either sentence. They may be corrected like this:- 02br
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001) a)The tortured matter WAS squeezed and heated by tidal forces beyond comprehension. 02br
00or b)The tidal forces squeezed and heated the tortured matter beyond comprehension. 02br
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0 Sorry but could somebody explain to me the meaning of the first sentence - because I suppose it is a phrase 01i00tortured matter02i00 0-
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0 You will have to ask "jacklong" for that. I just presumed it to be a "noun subject" and grammatically corrected the sentence. 0-
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0 My interpretation is: 02br
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00Having been squeezed (=subjected to pressure) and heated (=bodily inflamed) by the tidal forces that were beyond human comprehension, the tortured (=wounded) people are secreting puss. 02br
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00paco 02br
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00[PS] The first definition of the intransitive verb "matter" is "discharge p
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0Yet, a hint at context would be great... 050010id7
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0 Perhaps a verb such as 'erupts' completes the first sentence; or some other verb denoting violent motion. 02br
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00The sense would then be that the matter (i.e. physical matter) is 'tortured' because it is squeezed and heated by the 'tidal forces'. 02br
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0 Hello MrP 02br
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00I took the sentence as it is given. What could "the tortured matter" mean if we take "matter" as a noun? One can 01i00torture02i00 persons but can they 01i00torture02i00 impersonal things like houses, for exapmle? 02br
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0 Oddly, yes! Well, not houses...but materials. "The screech/squeal of tortured metal" is a fairly common cliché, for instance, when describing a braking train. 02br
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00And perhaps not that oddly, after all: 02br
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00Etymology: French, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquEre to twist 02br
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0 OK. I thought the verb 'torture' should be applied only to persons, but now I understand it could be sometimes used figuratively in the sense of 'twist'/'wrench'. Thanks. 02br
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