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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of 'and'
the meaning of 'and'
The passage below comes from The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls.
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=opdvCefTFngC&pg=PT13&lpg=PT13&dq=%22The+hospital+was+clean+and+shiny.+was+white%22&source=bl&ots=m_rcEIkSjA&sig=gsySrB3XKrgMh1nqR9tKdVBfUJ8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja3ceg87zKAhWE3KYKHfkcAdIQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=%22The%20hospital%20was%20clean%20and%20shiny.%20Everything%20was%20white%22&f=false
Everything was white—the walls and sheets and nurses' uniforms—or silver—the beds and trays and medical instruments. Everyone spoke in polite, calm voices. It was so hushed you could hear the nurses' rubber-soled shoes squeaking all the way down the hall. I wasn't used to quiet and order, and I liked it. I also liked it that I had my own room, since in the trailer I shared one with my brother and my sister.
In this passage I'd like to ask two questions regarding this passage.
1. The meaning of the underlined 'and'.
It seems to mean 'but' because the meaning of the clauses before and after the AND is in contrast to each other.
As far as this meaning is concerned, FreeDictionary shows 'and' can have the meaning of 'but'.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/and
9. but; on the contrary: ? He tried to run five miles and couldn't.
Am I right or is there something important that I miss?
2. Can I remove the underlined 'it' in this case?
In my sense of grammar it's OK.
But I want to make sure about that.
Regards.
The passage below comes from The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls.
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=opdvCefTFngC&pg=PT13&lpg=PT13&dq=%22The+hospital+was+clean+and+shiny.+was+white%22&source=bl&ots=m_rcEIkSjA&sig=gsySrB3XKrgMh1nqR9tKdVBfUJ8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja3ceg87zKAhWE3KYKHfkcAdIQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=%22The%20hospital%20was%20clean%20and%20shiny.%20Everything%20was%20white%22&f=false
Everything was white—the walls and sheets and nurses' uniforms—or silver—the beds and trays and medical instruments. Everyone spoke in polite, calm voices. It was so hushed you could hear the nurses' rubber-soled shoes squeaking all the way down the hall. I wasn't used to quiet and order, and I liked it. I also liked it that I had my own room, since in the trailer I shared one with my brother and my sister.
In this passage I'd like to ask two questions regarding this passage.
1. The meaning of the underlined 'and'.
It seems to mean 'but' because the meaning of the clauses before and after the AND is in contrast to each other.
As far as this meaning is concerned, FreeDictionary shows 'and' can have the meaning of 'but'.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/and
9. but; on the contrary: ? He tried to run five miles and couldn't.
Am I right or is there something important that I miss?
2. Can I remove the underlined 'it' in this case?
In my sense of grammar it's OK.
But I want to make sure about that.
Regards.
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Stenka25 is there something important that I miss? No, I don't think so. 2.
- Stenka25 is there something important that I miss?
- No, I don't think so.
- 2.
- " may be heard in conversational English.
- To me it does not seem completely formally correct.
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Stenka25is there something important that I miss?No, I don't think so.
2. The pattern "I liked that ..." may be heard in conversational English. To me it does not seem completely formally correct. Formally, I would write "I liked the fact that ...".
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Thanks a lot as always, GPY.
When I first read 'I liked it that...', it occurred me that this seems to be similar to the phrase, "see to it that...".
In "see to it that..." phrase 'it' refers to ensuing that clause.
I thought in the same way the author put 'it' before that clause in the original sentence to refer to ensuing that clause.
But you say this expression is not "comp
When I first read 'I liked it that...', it occurred me that this seems to be similar to the phrase, "see to it that...".
In "see to it that..." phrase 'it' refers to ensuing that clause.
I thought in the same way the author put 'it' before that clause in the original sentence to refer to ensuing that clause.
But you say this expression is not "comp
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Hi
I think we do sometimes use 'and' more as an intensifier than a connecter; and we do it draw attention to a part of the sentence
And now I'll have to think about more carefully
Dave
I think we do sometimes use 'and' more as an intensifier than a connecter; and we do it draw attention to a part of the sentence
And now I'll have to think about more carefully
Dave
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Stenka25In "see to it that..." phrase 'it' refers to ensuing that clause.I wouldn't really agree with that. It seems more like a dummy "it" to me. "see to it" is pretty idiomatic though.
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