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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analyses of a text #1
The narrator recalls his the middle years of his life.
Now, He is a very famous writer.
He has been married to his old friend Agnes for ten years with three children.
One day, someone visits him, it was his old nurse's elder brother Mr. Peggotty who had emigrated to Austrailira about a dozen years ago with the narrator's old freidns and acquaintances.
Chapter 63 A VISITOR
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It WAS Mr. Peggotty. An old man now, but in a ruddy, hearty, strong old age. When our first emotion was over, and he sat before the fire with the children on his knees, and the blaze shining on his face, he looked, to me, as vigorous and robust, withal as handsome, an old man, as ever I had seen.
'Mas'r Davy,' said he. And the old name in the old tone fell so naturally on my ear! 'Mas'r Davy, 'tis a joyful hour as I see you, once more, 'long with your own trew wife!'
'A joyful hour indeed, old friend!' cried I.
'And these heer pretty ones,' said Mr. Peggotty. 'To look at these heer flowers! Why, Mas'r Davy, you was but the heighth of the littlest of these, when I first see you! When Em'ly warn't no bigger, and our poor lad were BUT a lad!'
'Time has changed me more than it has changed you since then,' said I. 'But let these dear rogues go to bed; and as no house in England but this must hold you, tell me where to send for your luggage (is the old black bag among it, that went so far, I wonder!), and then, over a glass of Yarmouth grog, we will have the tidings of ten years!'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if the blue adjectival phrase modifies "he."
2. I'd like to know if "anyone" is implied before "ever."
3. I'd like to know if "live" is omitted after "long."
4. And I'd like to know if "there" is omitted before "is."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Now, He is a very famous writer.
He has been married to his old friend Agnes for ten years with three children.
One day, someone visits him, it was his old nurse's elder brother Mr. Peggotty who had emigrated to Austrailira about a dozen years ago with the narrator's old freidns and acquaintances.
Chapter 63 A VISITOR
.................................
It WAS Mr. Peggotty. An old man now, but in a ruddy, hearty, strong old age. When our first emotion was over, and he sat before the fire with the children on his knees, and the blaze shining on his face, he looked, to me, as vigorous and robust, withal as handsome, an old man, as ever I had seen.
'Mas'r Davy,' said he. And the old name in the old tone fell so naturally on my ear! 'Mas'r Davy, 'tis a joyful hour as I see you, once more, 'long with your own trew wife!'
'A joyful hour indeed, old friend!' cried I.
'And these heer pretty ones,' said Mr. Peggotty. 'To look at these heer flowers! Why, Mas'r Davy, you was but the heighth of the littlest of these, when I first see you! When Em'ly warn't no bigger, and our poor lad were BUT a lad!'
'Time has changed me more than it has changed you since then,' said I. 'But let these dear rogues go to bed; and as no house in England but this must hold you, tell me where to send for your luggage (is the old black bag among it, that went so far, I wonder!), and then, over a glass of Yarmouth grog, we will have the tidings of ten years!'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if the blue adjectival phrase modifies "he."
2. I'd like to know if "anyone" is implied before "ever."
3. I'd like to know if "live" is omitted after "long."
4. And I'd like to know if "there" is omitted before "is."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. It seems to me that the blue phrase is a noun phrase, and is the object of "looked". 2.
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- It seems to me that the blue phrase is a noun phrase, and is the object of "looked".
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- No.
- "I had seen" already has "old man" as an implied object.
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1. It seems to me that the blue phrase is a noun phrase, and is the object of "looked".
2. No. "I had seen" already has "old man" as an implied object. It does not need another.
3. No, I think "long" represents a casual or dialect pronunciation of "along" ("along with" = together with).
4. No, this has the grammatical pattern of a question, but rhetorical enough for the
2. No. "I had seen" already has "old man" as an implied object. It does not need another.
3. No, I think "long" represents a casual or dialect pronunciation of "along" ("along with" = together with).
4. No, this has the grammatical pattern of a question, but rhetorical enough for the
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if the blue adjectival phrase modifies "he."It's a subject complement, not a modifier. 'look' is the linking verb and 'man' is the head of the noun phrase complement. (I think you understand the main idea of the construction; it's just that your terminology is off.)
park sang joon2. I'd like to know i
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