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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Sadly critical
1) She grew sadly critical.
Source:
https://books.google.com/books?id=L0gHBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT144&dq=%22grew+sadly+%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=idVJVef2Dq_fsATXpYDYCQ&ved=0CCIQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22grew%20sadly%20%22&f=false
Does the sentence mean:
a) Sadly, she grew critical
b) In a sad manner, she grew critical
c) She grew critical and her 'criticalness' was of the sad kind.
I think it means 'c'.
One could say:
2) She grew critical in a sad way.
But that would be ambiguous. One can't tell if the growing was done in a sad way or if the 'criticalness' was of a sad kind.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Source:
https://books.google.com/books?id=L0gHBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT144&dq=%22grew+sadly+%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=idVJVef2Dq_fsATXpYDYCQ&ved=0CCIQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=%22grew%20sadly%20%22&f=false
Does the sentence mean:
a) Sadly, she grew critical
b) In a sad manner, she grew critical
c) She grew critical and her 'criticalness' was of the sad kind.
I think it means 'c'.
One could say:
2) She grew critical in a sad way.
But that would be ambiguous. One can't tell if the growing was done in a sad way or if the 'criticalness' was of a sad kind.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
Your link leads to a 500 server error. I agree with C, but #2 is not a native composition.
- Your link leads to a 500 server error.
- I agree with C, but #2 is not a native composition.
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Your link leads to a 500 server error.
I agree with C, but #2 is not a native composition.
I agree with C, but #2 is not a native composition.
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As a sad and melancholy person would do, she became critical.
So the melancholy girl wandered through those long galleries, ... wondering what had become of the splendor that used to beam upon her from those walls. She grew sadly critical, and condemned almost everything that she was wont to admire.
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