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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Question about "sang the audience to its feet".
Is this OK?
Placido Domingo sang the audience to its feet in two wonderful hours.
Placido Domingo sang the audience to its feet in two wonderful hours.
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I quite like the sentence, but I'm not sure the time reference is requested. The way I understand it is: P. D.
- I quite like the sentence, but I'm not sure the time reference is requested.
- The way I understand it is: P.
- D.
- sang so well that the audience progressively stood up, and at the end of the 2 hours'concert, everybody was standing on their feet.
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I quite like the sentence, but I'm not sure the time reference is requested. The way I understand it is: P. D. sang so well that the audience progressively stood up, and at the end of the 2 hours'concert, everybody was standing on their feet.
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Hi guys,
In a Western theatre, the custom is for audiences to stand up and applaud at the end if they wish to show great appreciation. It's called a 'standing ovation'.
Here, I'd say that the singing caused the audience's appreciation to grow during the two hours, and at the end they stood up.
I don't care how good a singer is, I'm not going to stand up for two hours,
In a Western theatre, the custom is for audiences to stand up and applaud at the end if they wish to show great appreciation. It's called a 'standing ovation'.
Here, I'd say that the singing caused the audience's appreciation to grow during the two hours, and at the end they stood up.
I don't care how good a singer is, I'm not going to stand up for two hours,
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Isn't "in" the same as "within" (time limit) there? It is for me.
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