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Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
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Please help me with this sentence.
Does the underlined portion in the first mean the same as the one in the second one?
The visual imagery makes the reader think how frightened and desperate the sailors were to be huddled together like sheep.
The visual imagery makes the reader think so frightened and desperate that they huddled together like sheep.
Please help me with this sentence.
Does the underlined portion in the first mean the same as the one in the second one?
The visual imagery makes the reader think how frightened and desperate the sailors were to be huddled together like sheep.
The visual imagery makes the reader think so frightened and desperate that they huddled together like sheep.
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vsuresh so frightened and desperate that they huddled together like sheep. The verb "were" has been omitted with this version. However, even if you insert "were they" after "desperate", it does not flow very well.
- vsuresh so frightened and desperate that they huddled together like sheep.
- The verb "were" has been omitted with this version.
- However, even if you insert "were they" after "desperate", it does not flow very well.
- " in the first version.
- In the second version, it is more 'matter-of-fact'.
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vsureshso frightened and desperate that they huddled together like sheep.The verb "were" has been omitted with this version. However, even if you insert "were they" after "desperate", it does not flow very well. The reader thinks "how frightened!" in the first version. In the second version, it is more 'matter-of-fact'.
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