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Fandorin Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Power of water
Hi friends. There is a sentence I have a struggle with. Will you help me get over it?
A. Nowhere on our planet is the life giving power of water so clearly demonstrated. (BBC)
B. There is no place on our planet, where the life giving opwer of water is so clearly demonstarted. ( It's mine).
I have rewritten it in my own way, so do they (A and B) have the very same meaning? My confusion is about structure A has been made of. Has it been made for emphasizing? Inversion after negatives, I suppose.
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C. Nowhere on our planet the life giving power of water is so clearly demonstrated.
A and C are alike, aren't they? But emphasizing is less strong.
If I strike out "giving power of water" ->
Nowhere on our planet is the life so clearly demonstrated.
I'm inclined to think that it sounds like previous but emphasizes less: Nowhere on our planet the life is so clearly demonstrated.
Can you adjudicate my presumptions? Thank you very much in advance.
A. Nowhere on our planet is the life giving power of water so clearly demonstrated. (BBC)
B. There is no place on our planet, where the life giving opwer of water is so clearly demonstarted. ( It's mine).
I have rewritten it in my own way, so do they (A and B) have the very same meaning? My confusion is about structure A has been made of. Has it been made for emphasizing? Inversion after negatives, I suppose.
_______________________________
C. Nowhere on our planet the life giving power of water is so clearly demonstrated.
A and C are alike, aren't they? But emphasizing is less strong.
If I strike out "giving power of water" ->
Nowhere on our planet is the life so clearly demonstrated.
I'm inclined to think that it sounds like previous but emphasizes less: Nowhere on our planet the life is so clearly demonstrated.
Can you adjudicate my presumptions? Thank you very much in advance.
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so do they (A and B) have the very same meaning? My confusion is about structure A has been made of. Has it been made for emphasizing?
- so do they (A and B) have the very same meaning?
- My confusion is about structure A has been made of.
- Has it been made for emphasizing?
- Inversion after negatives, I suppose.
- Yes.
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so do they (A and B) have the very same meaning? My confusion is about structure A has been made of. Has it been made for emphasizing? Inversion after negatives, I suppose.Yes. And yes, that's right.
(X) C. Nowhere on our planet the life giving power of water is so clearly demonstrated.
(X) Nowhere on our plane
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