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Fiercepotatohot Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The highest as the lowest?

I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Grey and I found some sentences I can't understand...

It's form the preface of this book.

"The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things."
->>I can't understand the part "his impression of beautiful things." because this phrase
started from where the first objects end. (another manner or a new material)
Does it mean that he can translate his impression of beautiful things "into another manner or a new material"?
then why does "his impression of beautiful things" come after the object?

"The highest as the loweset form of criticism is a mode of autobiography."
->>> Does it mean it's the best worst form of criticism?

Thank you very much for reading! Have a nice day!
  

Top answer

sung min Lee The highest as the loweset form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. You probably miscopied this. Check again to be sure this is really what was written.

— CalifJim

  • sung min Lee The highest as the loweset form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
  • You probably miscopied this.
  • Check again to be sure this is really what was written.
  • sung min Lee The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
  • = The critic is the person who can translate his impression of beautiful thing into another manner or into a new material.
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sung min LeeThe highest as the loweset form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
You probably miscopied this. Check again to be sure this is really what was written.
sung min LeeThe critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
= The critic is the person who can
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CalifJimsung min LeeThe highest as the loweset form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.You probably miscopied this. Check again to be sure this is really what was written.
Apart from the obvious typo, it seems that this is correctly copied (see http://books.goo
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Oh thank you so much. So the object of the verb "translate" is "his impression" and its put after "into~"
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So I can put comma in the sentence like "The highest, as the loweset, form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
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sung min LeeSo I can put comma in the sentence like "The highest, as the loweset, form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
Yes, and in fact some renditions of this quotation do actually include such commas, e.g. at http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_D
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Thank you for your kind comment! now I can understand this sentence:)
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