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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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Philip loves the ex-waitress, Mildred, who was a German's mistress, so much. he arranged for her to meet his handsome friend Griffiths.
Afterwards, they fell for each other.
Heyward is best friend, who know nothing about Mildred.
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He was glad now that Hayward was not in London on Saturday afternoon when, distraught, he went in search of human comfort: he could not have prevented himself from telling him everything, and Hayward would have been astonished at his weakness. He would despise him, and perhaps be shocked or disgusted that he could envisage the possibility of making Mildred his mistress after she had given herself to another man. What did he care if it was shocking or disgusting? He was ready for any compromise, prepared for more degrading humiliations still, if he could only gratify his desire.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
1. I don't think "he" can be modified by an adjective placed before it.
So I was wondering if "distraught" means "being distraught."
2. I'd like to know if "if it was shocking or disgusting" is a concessive clause.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Afterwards, they fell for each other.
Heyward is best friend, who know nothing about Mildred.
....................................
He was glad now that Hayward was not in London on Saturday afternoon when, distraught, he went in search of human comfort: he could not have prevented himself from telling him everything, and Hayward would have been astonished at his weakness. He would despise him, and perhaps be shocked or disgusted that he could envisage the possibility of making Mildred his mistress after she had given herself to another man. What did he care if it was shocking or disgusting? He was ready for any compromise, prepared for more degrading humiliations still, if he could only gratify his desire.
[Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham]
1. I don't think "he" can be modified by an adjective placed before it.
So I was wondering if "distraught" means "being distraught."
2. I'd like to know if "if it was shocking or disgusting" is a concessive clause.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
park sang joon 1. I don't think "he" can be modified by an adjective placed before it. "distraught" is supplementary information.
- park sang joon 1.
- I don't think "he" can be modified by an adjective placed before it.
- "distraught" is supplementary information.
- In the strictest sense this is not 'modification' because it does not restrict "he" to a particular referent.
- We already know the referent of "he".
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park sang joon1. I don't think "he" can be modified by an adjective placed before it."distraught" is supplementary information. In the strictest sense this is not 'modification' because it does not restrict "he" to a particular referent. We already know the referent of "he".
park sang joonSo I was wondering if "distraught" means "bei
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Thank you, CalifJim, for your so very helpful answer. 
2. I'm so sorry for my ignorance; then I don't know why there is "wh
2. I'm so sorry for my ignorance; then I don't know why there is "wh
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park sang joon2. I'm so sorry for my ignorance; then I don't know why there is "what."Ah, yes. It hadn't occurred to me that you didn't know that idiom. It's a rhetorical question, i.e., a question whose answer we already know or can easily guess. The grammar is quite irregular and thus not worth the trouble to rationalize in terms of standard grammatical
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