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Rishonly Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
SENTENCE MEANING
There is an entrance big enough for a car near the power plant, but Bernie is afraid she'd get beat up running around these tunnels.
(1) What is the meaning of the underlined portion of the sentence?
(2) What are the rules to use <get> + <verb>?
(3) What are the different forms of the verb that can be used along with <get>
(4) What is the grammatical structure of the underlined portion of the sentence?
(1) What is the meaning of the underlined portion of the sentence?
(2) What are the rules to use <get> + <verb>?
(3) What are the different forms of the verb that can be used along with <get>
(4) What is the grammatical structure of the underlined portion of the sentence?
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Hello Krish I think this "beat up" is "beat-up", an adjective, which means "damaged", "worn out", etc.. The sentence could be rephrased as "She is afraid she would get beat-up if/when she runs around these tunnels". What I can't get is why the writer pluralizes "tunnel" as "tunnels" despite the fact that s/he writes "There is an entrance" in the preceding sentence.
- Hello Krish I think this "beat up" is "beat-up", an adjective, which means "damaged", "worn out", etc..
- The sentence could be rephrased as "She is afraid she would get beat-up if/when she runs around these tunnels".
- What I can't get is why the writer pluralizes "tunnel" as "tunnels" despite the fact that s/he writes "There is an entrance" in the preceding sentence.
- paco
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Hello Krish
I think this "beat up" is "beat-up", an adjective, which means "damaged", "worn out", etc.. The sentence could be rephrased as "She is afraid she would get beat-up if/when she runs around these tunnels". What I can't get is why the writer pluralizes "tunnel" as "tunnels" despite the fact that s/he writes "There is an entrance" in the preceding sentence.
paco
I think this "beat up" is "beat-up", an adjective, which means "damaged", "worn out", etc.. The sentence could be rephrased as "She is afraid she would get beat-up if/when she runs around these tunnels". What I can't get is why the writer pluralizes "tunnel" as "tunnels" despite the fact that s/he writes "There is an entrance" in the preceding sentence.
paco
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There's not enough context to determine what this about.
Is Bernie an unusual name for a woman, and Bernie and "she" are the same person?
Is "she" being used to refer to the car? (Sometimes that's the case in slang usage.)
There is no mention of tunnels until the last word of the sentence, so we ask, "What tunnels?"
Are they tunnels the car goes through after entering nea
Is Bernie an unusual name for a woman, and Bernie and "she" are the same person?
Is "she" being used to refer to the car? (Sometimes that's the case in slang usage.)
There is no mention of tunnels until the last word of the sentence, so we ask, "What tunnels?"
Are they tunnels the car goes through after entering nea
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My bad!. I wish I had given enough context.
Bernie--> A man ;she--> Fifi--> a woman
A Plant has an entrance and there are several tunnels inside the plant. A research crew, along with Bernie and Fifi, is driving a big truck inside the plant where the tunnels are not high enough the truck can get inside.
Bernie--> A man ;she--> Fifi--> a woman
A Plant has an entrance and there are several tunnels inside the plant. A research crew, along with Bernie and Fifi, is driving a big truck inside the plant where the tunnels are not high enough the truck can get inside.
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Thanks Paco2004. I understood the meaning of the sentence. Equally, I want to understand the grammatical structure of 'Bernie is afraid she'd get beat up running around these tunnels.'
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[Bernie is afraid [(that) she would get beat-up [running around these tunnels]]
I take "running around these tunnels" as a time-adverbial participle phrase.
It may be paraphrased as "while she is running around these tunnels".
paco
I take "running around these tunnels" as a time-adverbial participle phrase.
It may be paraphrased as "while she is running around these tunnels".
paco
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