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Providence have or Providence has?
1. Providence have make me a lady after a fashion.
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2. She sings after a fashion.
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3. He can speak English after a fashion.
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4. I can play the piano after a fashion.
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Is "Providence have" correct english? If so why? Does it have to do with it being in capital 'P' ?
And another question is do all the 4 "after a fashion" have the same meaning? i.e. to a certain extent but not perfectly.(not so well)
For me it seems the first one doesn't have this meaning because the chinese translates as ???=noblewoman.
According to www.answers.com :
after a fashion
Also, after a sort. Somehow or other; not very well, as in John can read music, after a fashion, or He managed to paint the house after a sort. The first phrase, in which fashion means "a manner of doing something," has been so used since the mid-1800s, when it replaced in a fashion. The variant dates from the mid-1500s. Also see in a way;
What does it mean when it says when it replaced in a fashion? Does it mean the 'after a fashion' in the first sentence means following a fashion/vogue? And what does read music mean?
Talking about reading music, what do you call those books and charts which have muscial symbols denoting how to play the music with piano/guitar ? Can they be called guitra cords? or piano ____ ??
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2. She sings after a fashion.
???????
3. He can speak English after a fashion.
?????????
4. I can play the piano after a fashion.
????????.
Is "Providence have" correct english? If so why? Does it have to do with it being in capital 'P' ?
And another question is do all the 4 "after a fashion" have the same meaning? i.e. to a certain extent but not perfectly.(not so well)
For me it seems the first one doesn't have this meaning because the chinese translates as ???=noblewoman.
According to www.answers.com :
after a fashion
Also, after a sort. Somehow or other; not very well, as in John can read music, after a fashion, or He managed to paint the house after a sort. The first phrase, in which fashion means "a manner of doing something," has been so used since the mid-1800s, when it replaced in a fashion. The variant dates from the mid-1500s. Also see in a way;
What does it mean when it says when it replaced in a fashion? Does it mean the 'after a fashion' in the first sentence means following a fashion/vogue? And what does read music mean?
Talking about reading music, what do you call those books and charts which have muscial symbols denoting how to play the music with piano/guitar ? Can they be called guitra cords? or piano ____ ??
Top answer
#1 Providence is singular = the protective care of *** or of nature as a spiritual power or the timely preparation for future eventualities. #2 After a fashion = in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way: "Fashion" here is the old word for making something - I fashioned the gate/I fashion my clothes. In a fashion means much the same.
- #1 Providence is singular = the protective care of *** or of nature as a spiritual power or the timely preparation for future eventualities.
- #2 After a fashion = in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way: "Fashion" here is the old word for making something - I fashioned the gate/I fashion my clothes.
- In a fashion means much the same.
- #3 Musical scores
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#1 Providence is singular = the protective care of *** or of nature as a spiritual power or the timely preparation for future eventualities.
#2 After a fashion = in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way: "Fashion" here is the old word for making something - I fashioned the gate/I fashion my clothes.
In a fashion me
#2 After a fashion = in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way: "Fashion" here is the old word for making something - I fashioned the gate/I fashion my clothes.
In a fashion me
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