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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Roles of to-infinitives
You are so badly shorn all of you and yours that there is no leisure left in your mind even to stop your mechanical walk to raise your head to see this speckless autumn sky over your head.
I'd like to know whether "to stop" modifies "leisure" and whether "and" is omitted before "to see."
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know whether "to stop" modifies "leisure" and whether "and" is omitted before "to see."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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This is an odd sentence. What does "shorn all of you" mean? "Shorn" usually takes "of" in this context.
- This is an odd sentence.
- What does "shorn all of you" mean?
- "Shorn" usually takes "of" in this context.
- Grammatically, you need the reflexive: "shorn of all of yourself," but I don't know what sense that makes.
- Leisure is a period of inactivity or relaxation.
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This is an odd sentence.
What does "shorn all of you" mean? "Shorn" usually takes "of" in this context. Grammatically, you need the reflexive: "shorn of all of yourself," but I don't know what sense that makes.
Leisure is a period of inactivity or relaxation. It's not something left in a mind, and even if were, it wouldn't stop a mechanical walk.
"To stop" modifies "
What does "shorn all of you" mean? "Shorn" usually takes "of" in this context. Grammatically, you need the reflexive: "shorn of all of yourself," but I don't know what sense that makes.
Leisure is a period of inactivity or relaxation. It's not something left in a mind, and even if were, it wouldn't stop a mechanical walk.
"To stop" modifies "
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