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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Roses of many sorts

There were a number of them?roses of many sorts. I stooped and picked one up. Its color was almost silver. . . .
["Knight of Shadows" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know why it is "roses of many sorts," not "many sorts of roses."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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You'd hve to ask the writer why he chose this way of saying it. We can only guess.

— Fivejedjon

  • You'd hve to ask the writer why he chose this way of saying it.
  • We can only guess.
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You'd hve to ask the writer why he chose this way of saying it. We can only guess.
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park sang joonI'd like to know why it is "roses of many sorts," not "many sorts of roses."
It is a literary (exotic) choice of wording.

It was a horse of a different color. (Wizard of Oz)
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