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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The meaning of "Coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall"?
Please look at this sentence.
" Coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center".
It is said that the sentence in the above is correct, but I can't perfectly understand what the sentence mean.
Let me ask you,guys something on the above.
Q1) Which part of the speech is "coming" ? Gerund, Adjective, or preposition ?
Q2) The meaning of the sentence looks like this to me.
"On coming this March 15, Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center."
If my thought is right, does its origin form is like this ?
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To coming this March, Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center".
Q3) I couldn't understand why they put the preposition of "to" between "Coming this March" and "Fibar's mall".
Q4) Does it just mean like the following sentence ?
" Your coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center." Is this sentence correct ?
Please someone help me a little bit with understanding the meaning of the sentence. Thanks in advance.
" Coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center".
It is said that the sentence in the above is correct, but I can't perfectly understand what the sentence mean.
Let me ask you,guys something on the above.
Q1) Which part of the speech is "coming" ? Gerund, Adjective, or preposition ?
Q2) The meaning of the sentence looks like this to me.
"On coming this March 15, Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center."
If my thought is right, does its origin form is like this ?
"
To coming this March, Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center".
Q3) I couldn't understand why they put the preposition of "to" between "Coming this March" and "Fibar's mall".
Q4) Does it just mean like the following sentence ?
" Your coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center." Is this sentence correct ?
Please someone help me a little bit with understanding the meaning of the sentence. Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Let me change the word order to normal English: Here is the original: " Coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center". Here is the normal word order: The new and improved Super Alley bowling center is coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall. Advertisers sometimes do this with an English sentence to make it sound more exciting.
- Let me change the word order to normal English: Here is the original: " Coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center".
- Here is the normal word order: The new and improved Super Alley bowling center is coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall.
- Advertisers sometimes do this with an English sentence to make it sound more exciting.
- One of the other teachers may know the name for this grammatical re-wording!
- Also, the verb "come" here means that the business will first open its doors to customers.
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Let me change the word order to normal English:
Here is the original:
" Coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center".
Here is the normal word order:
The new and improved Super Alley bowling center is coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall.
Advertisers sometimes do this with an English sentence to make it sound more exci
Here is the original:
" Coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall is the new and improved Super Alley bowling center".
Here is the normal word order:
The new and improved Super Alley bowling center is coming this March 15 to Filbar's mall.
Advertisers sometimes do this with an English sentence to make it sound more exci
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Ah~~~. You look genius. I have never imagined its origin sentence was like that. I could easily understand its real meaning under the normal word order you wrote down. Thank you so much!
By the way, couldn't I ask you one more ? Why did you not use "on" in front of "this March 15" ? I think it should be like this.
The new and improved Super Alley bowling center is coming (on) this March 1
By the way, couldn't I ask you one more ? Why did you not use "on" in front of "this March 15" ? I think it should be like this.
The new and improved Super Alley bowling center is coming (on) this March 1
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Son JamesWhy did you not use "on" in front of "this March 15" ? I think it should be like this.The new and improved Super Alley bowling center is coming (on) this March 15 to Filbar's mall.The phrase "on March 15" is a prepositional phrase used as an adverb.
The phrase "March 15" is also an adverb in the sentence without "on.". The preposition is not requ
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