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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Rephrasing.
The protagonist, Philip, came to Paris to become a painter.
He goes to the studio Amitrano.
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Cronshaw was astute enough to know that the young man disapproved of him, and he attacked his philistinism with an irony which was sometimes playful but often very keen.
"You're a tradesman," he told Philip, "you want to invest life in consols so that it shall bring you in a safe three per cent. I'm a spendthrift, I run through my capital. I shall spend my last penny with my last heartbeat."
The metaphor irritated Philip, because it assumed for the speaker a romantic attitude and cast a slur upon the position which Philip instinctively felt had more to say for it than he could think of at the moment.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know if the underlined clause means "he must more say the position for the position."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He goes to the studio Amitrano.
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Cronshaw was astute enough to know that the young man disapproved of him, and he attacked his philistinism with an irony which was sometimes playful but often very keen.
"You're a tradesman," he told Philip, "you want to invest life in consols so that it shall bring you in a safe three per cent. I'm a spendthrift, I run through my capital. I shall spend my last penny with my last heartbeat."
The metaphor irritated Philip, because it assumed for the speaker a romantic attitude and cast a slur upon the position which Philip instinctively felt had more to say for it than he could think of at the moment.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
I'd like to know if the underlined clause means "he must more say the position for the position."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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"he must more say the position for the position" does not make any sense. Did you type everything as you intended?
- "he must more say the position for the position" does not make any sense.
- Did you type everything as you intended?
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"he must more say the position for the position" does not make any sense. Did you type everything as you intended?
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Thank you, GPY, for your So Very kind answer. 
I'm so sorry for my ignorance, but I don't know if "say the position" is idiomati
I'm so sorry for my ignorance, but I don't know if "say the position" is idiomati
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OK, well I don't understand what you are trying to say by "he must more say the position for the position", so I'll just forget about that ...
Philip instinctively felt that the position (i.e. of tradesman) had "more to say for it than he could think of at the moment". This means he felt it had more merits (more than Cronshaw had suggested), but he could not immediately think what these w
Philip instinctively felt that the position (i.e. of tradesman) had "more to say for it than he could think of at the moment". This means he felt it had more merits (more than Cronshaw had suggested), but he could not immediately think what these w
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Thank you, GPY, for your enlightening me.
I was such a fool; I took "the position" for the object of "say."
I was such a fool; I took "the position" for the object of "say."
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