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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
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That of uncontrollable
“Collectively, his words and his actions are a huge testament to his character,” Drake said; “that of uncontrollable misogyny, entitlement and being a sexual assault apologist. This is not acceptable behavior for anyone, much less a presidential candidate.”
I read this in Metro UK . I am trying to analyse the text in terms of parts of speech but got confused by the use of " that" and "being" and uses of commas. Please explain to me the use of ";" and quotation marks after that.
Thanks
Jignesh.
I read this in Metro UK . I am trying to analyse the text in terms of parts of speech but got confused by the use of " that" and "being" and uses of commas. Please explain to me the use of ";" and quotation marks after that.
Thanks
Jignesh.
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character; a character that is (one/a character) of being a = his being a As the form used is a sort of shorthand not spelling out exactly the connections, there is a sense of vagueness; for example 'being' has a feeling of connection both to his self as well as his character due to the intimate connection between the two concepts, both just mentioned before. d
- character; a character that is (one/a character) of being a = his being a As the form used is a sort of shorthand not spelling out exactly the connections, there is a sense of vagueness; for example 'being' has a feeling of connection both to his self as well as his character due to the intimate connection between the two concepts, both just mentioned before.
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...character; that of = ...character; a character that is (one/a character) of
being a = his being a
As the form used is a sort of shorthand not spelling out exactly the connections, there is a sense of vagueness; for example 'being' has a feeling of connection both to his self as well as his character due to the intimate connection between the two concepts, both just mentioned before
being a = his being a
As the form used is a sort of shorthand not spelling out exactly the connections, there is a sense of vagueness; for example 'being' has a feeling of connection both to his self as well as his character due to the intimate connection between the two concepts, both just mentioned before
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