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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
"be of + adjective"
0 Hello guys~ 02 br
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00 This is Seonung again. From Korea. 02 br
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00 I can't grasp some phrase in some article. 02 br
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00 "be of + adjective" 02 br
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00 And the whole sentence is this, "Heat-shock proteins are of potential interest to cancer researchers" 02 br
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00 Is there anyone to give me help? 02 br
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00 best wishes, Seonung 0-
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00 This is Seonung again. From Korea. 02 br
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00 I can't grasp some phrase in some article. 02 br
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00 "be of + adjective" 02 br
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00 And the whole sentence is this, "Heat-shock proteins are of potential interest to cancer researchers" 02 br
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00 Is there anyone to give me help? 02 br
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00 best wishes, Seonung 0-
Top answer
02 br 02 br 00 "be of + adjective" 00 Actually, the structure you have here is basically 'be of + 01 b 00 noun 02 b 00 ', ie 01 i 00 be of . . 02 br 02 br 00 And the whole sentence is this, "Heat-shock 01 font 00 proteins are of potential interest 02 font 00 to cancer researchers" 02 font 02 br 02 br 00 It's a way of connecting two nouns, where the lsecond is a component of or in some way describes the first.
- 02 br 02 br 00 "be of + adjective" 00 Actually, the structure you have here is basically 'be of + 01 b 00 noun 02 b 00 ', ie 01 i 00 be of .
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- 02 br 02 br 00 And the whole sentence is this, "Heat-shock 01 font 00 proteins are of potential interest 02 font 00 to cancer researchers" 02 font 02 br 02 br 00 It's a way of connecting two nouns, where the lsecond is a component of or in some way describes the first.
- eg A necklace of gold.
- A dress of blue silk.
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0 Hi Seonung, 02 br
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01 font 00 I can't grasp some phrase in some article. 02 br
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00 "be of + adjective" 00 Actually, the structure you have here is basically 'be of + 01 b 00 noun 02 b 00 ', ie 01 i 00 be of . . . interest 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 And the whole sentence is this,
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01 font 00 I can't grasp some phrase in some article. 02 br
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00 "be of + adjective" 00 Actually, the structure you have here is basically 'be of + 01 b 00 noun 02 b 00 ', ie 01 i 00 be of . . . interest 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 And the whole sentence is this,
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0 Good to see you again, Clive. 02 br
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00 Thank you for your help. It's the only meaning of "of" that I knew. 02 br
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00 Could I get more meaning of this? I dimly remember that it represents the characteristic of something behind "of". 02 br
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00 I need your teaching. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Seonung 0-
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00 Thank you for your help. It's the only meaning of "of" that I knew. 02 br
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00 Could I get more meaning of this? I dimly remember that it represents the characteristic of something behind "of". 02 br
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00 I need your teaching. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Seonung 0-
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0 Hi again, 02 br
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00 'Of' is an easy word to use but a subtle word to define. Have you looked at the various meanings in your dictionary? Why don't you write and post some sentences with 'of', and we can check them for you? 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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00 'Of' is an easy word to use but a subtle word to define. Have you looked at the various meanings in your dictionary? Why don't you write and post some sentences with 'of', and we can check them for you? 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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