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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The implied 'being'

What gives a word its connotative meanings are the associations we bring to the word. The word "home" for most of us conjures up images of comfort and security, a place more warm and personal than a house or dwelling. To a person who's never had a home, it may exist as an ideal in the back of his mind. To the person far from home, it means roots. But to an orphan, the word "home" may mean something else entirely: an institution, something artificial, something not real his, something to run away from.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition byLaraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if I can interpret "To the person far from home" as "To the person (being) far from home" and
"something not real his" as "something (being) not real his."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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" No. To the person who is far from home , it means roots. But to an orphan, the word "home" may mean something else entirely: an institution, something artificial, something that is not really his ,

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  • " No.
  • To the person who is far from home , it means roots.
  • But to an orphan, the word "home" may mean something else entirely: an institution, something artificial, something that is not really his ,
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park sang joonI'd like to know if I can interpret "To the person far from home" as "To the person (being) far from home" and "something not real his" as "something (being) not real his."
No.
To the person who is far from home, it means roots.

But to an orphan, the word "home" may mean something else entirely: an institution, somethin
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It should be something not really his.

No. interpret it as "To the person who is far from home" and "something that is not really his."

Clive
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