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Cho7712 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
put over
How is the following sentence understood?
.....He picked out the men and
he put over them his gardener as foreman.
It seems to me an erroneous construction of wording.
Is it a right sentence? What would be the possible paraphrase?
.....He picked out the men and
he put over them his gardener as foreman.
It seems to me an erroneous construction of wording.
Is it a right sentence? What would be the possible paraphrase?
Top answer
cho7712 It seems to me an erroneous construction of wording. No, but it is a bit literary. He picked out the men and he put over them his gardener as foreman.
- cho7712 It seems to me an erroneous construction of wording.
- No, but it is a bit literary.
- He picked out the men and he put over them his gardener as foreman.
- = He picked out the men and he put his gardener as foreman over them.
- = He made the gardener the supervisor of the men
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cho7712It seems to me an erroneous construction of wording.No, but it is a bit literary.
He picked out the men and he put over them his gardener as foreman. =
He picked out the men and he put his gardener as foreman over them. = He made the gardener the supervisor of the men
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