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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He is now famous writer.
Traddles is his best frined and a lawyer, and Sophy is his able wife.
Thrddles tells the narrator about his wife.
Chapter 61 I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
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'I am sure we ARE two of the happiest people,' returned Traddles. 'I admit that, at all events. Bless my soul, when I see her getting up by candle-light on these dark mornings, busying herself in the day's arrangements, going out to market before the clerks come into the Inn, caring for no weather, devising the most capital little dinners out of the plainest materials, making puddings and pies, keeping everything in its right place, always so neat and ornamental herself, sitting up at night with me if it's ever so late, sweet-tempered and encouraging always, and all for me, I positively sometimes can't believe it, Copperfield!'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if all blue nominal phrase is the objective complement of "see."
2. And I'd like to know if "sweet-tempered and encouraging" modifies "sitting up."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He is now famous writer.
Traddles is his best frined and a lawyer, and Sophy is his able wife.
Thrddles tells the narrator about his wife.
Chapter 61 I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
.................................
'I am sure we ARE two of the happiest people,' returned Traddles. 'I admit that, at all events. Bless my soul, when I see her getting up by candle-light on these dark mornings, busying herself in the day's arrangements, going out to market before the clerks come into the Inn, caring for no weather, devising the most capital little dinners out of the plainest materials, making puddings and pies, keeping everything in its right place, always so neat and ornamental herself, sitting up at night with me if it's ever so late, sweet-tempered and encouraging always, and all for me, I positively sometimes can't believe it, Copperfield!'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if all blue nominal phrase is the objective complement of "see."
2. And I'd like to know if "sweet-tempered and encouraging" modifies "sitting up."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
park sang joon 1. " That's a possible analysis. It's also possible to say that the construction is catenative.
- park sang joon 1.
- " That's a possible analysis.
- It's also possible to say that the construction is catenative.
- 'see' can be catenated with a verb in -ing .
- park sang joon 2.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if all blue nominal phrase is the objective complement of "see."That's a possible analysis. It's also possible to say that the construction is catenative. 'see' can be catenated with a verb in -ing.
park sang joon2. And I'd like to know if "sweet-tempered and encouraging" modifies "sitting up.
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