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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Start him dancing...
Prince John's men string up a man.
- Mercy, good master! Have mercy!
- Start him dancing! Dancing meaning to hang him
and his feet are no longer touching the ground?
This will teach you to defy (I've heard this one probably hundreds of times
and I can't understand why they omit not?) Prince John!
- Mercy, good master! Have mercy!
- Start him dancing! Dancing meaning to hang him
and his feet are no longer touching the ground?
This will teach you to defy (I've heard this one probably hundreds of times
and I can't understand why they omit not?) Prince John!
Top answer
1-- Yes, that's what I presume. 2-- I agree that it is odd, but it is common. The meaning is the same with 'teach to defy' and 'teach not to defy'.
- 1-- Yes, that's what I presume.
- 2-- I agree that it is odd, but it is common.
- The meaning is the same with 'teach to defy' and 'teach not to defy'.
- There may be a linguistic term for this kind of formation ( cf.
- 'I couldn't care less' / 'I could care less'), but I don't know it.
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1-- Yes, that's what I presume.
2-- I agree that it is odd, but it is common. The meaning is the same with 'teach to defy' and 'teach not to defy'. There may be a linguistic term for this kind of formation ( cf. 'I couldn't care less' / 'I could care less'), but I don't know it.
2-- I agree that it is odd, but it is common. The meaning is the same with 'teach to defy' and 'teach not to defy'. There may be a linguistic term for this kind of formation ( cf. 'I couldn't care less' / 'I could care less'), but I don't know it.
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