Sentences in reading
Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers who loved a good story – one with magic and danger, royalty and villains.
Why did the author put there in that place? Is that a kind of writing structure?
a library of old books with tales more enchanting than any they had ever heard
more than any what? why didn't the writer mention the word" tales" again or why didn't he/she use any other pronouns instead?
Inspired, the brothers began collecting their own stories, listening to the folktales people told them.
Inspired by what? what kind of sentence beginning is that? inspied? just like that
Top answer
" The second example is elliptical. " The second instance of "tales" here is omitted for the sake of brevity and is understood from the context. The third example is also elliptical.
- " The second example is elliptical.
- " The second instance of "tales" here is omitted for the sake of brevity and is understood from the context.
- The third example is also elliptical.
- " The words "by this library of old books with its enchanting tales" are omitted for brevity and are understood from the context.
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The phrase "there lived" is idiomatic and is used to introduce fairy tales: "Once upon a time in a land far away there lived..."
The second example is elliptical. The complete phrase would be: "a library of old books with tales more enchanting than any tales they had ever heard." The second instance of "tales" here is omitted for the sake of brevity and is understood from the co
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