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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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sentence structure (of)

The Burmese pythons have been joined in the swamps by other discarded pets: African pythos and other kinds of snakes. They are rapidly vacuuming the Everglades clean of native wildlife.

Q) "Of" in the last sentence is a quite unfamiliar structure to me.
The sentence means they vacuum the Everglades and get rid of "native wildlife" clean, right?

Q2) Can you think of and give me the similar structure like this?
  

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moon7296 The Burmese pythons have been joined in the swamps by other discarded pets: African pythos and other kinds of snakes. They are rapidly vacuuming the Everglades clean of native wildlife. Q) "Of" in the last sentence is a quite unfamiliar structure to me.

  • moon7296 The Burmese pythons have been joined in the swamps by other discarded pets: African pythos and other kinds of snakes.
  • They are rapidly vacuuming the Everglades clean of native wildlife.
  • Q) "Of" in the last sentence is a quite unfamiliar structure to me.
  • Q2) Can you think of and give me the similar structure like this?
  • it is a adj+of structure, eg: He was proud of his school record.
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moon7296 The Burmese pythons have been joined in the swamps by other discarded pets: African pythos and other kinds of snakes. They are rapidly vacuuming the Everglades clean of native wildlife. Q) "Of" in the last sentence is a quite unfamiliar structure to me. The sentence means they vacuum the Everglades and get rid of "native wildlife" clean, right?Q2) Can you think o

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