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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

The preposition into

source) It is an elegant condensation of two sentences into one with a dash.

1) It is an elegant condensation of two sentences(which is) into one(sentence) with a dash.
2) It is an elegant condensation of two sentences, for a condensation to become one with a dash.

I'd like to know which I can interpret the source as? - #1 or #2

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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It means that two sentences have been put together to create one sentence that has a dash somewhere in it. 1. He works all day and earns the money.

  • It means that two sentences have been put together to create one sentence that has a dash somewhere in it.
  • 1.
  • He works all day and earns the money.
  • 2.
  • She shops all day and spends the money.
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It means that two sentences have been put together to create one sentence that has a dash somewhere in it.

1. He works all day and earns the money.
2. She shops all day and spends the money.

He works all day for hard-earned money — she shops all day and spends it.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your quick answer.

I'd like to know the structure of the sentence itself "It is an elegant condensation of two sentences into one with a dash.", but your answer is very helpful to me.
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park sang joonIt is an elegant condensation of two sentences into one with a dash
There is nothing out of the ordinary in the structure of this sentence.

It (subject) is (verb) an elegant condensation (predicate noun phrase) of two sentences (prepositional phrase) into one (prepositional phrase) with a dash
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your continuous replies.

I'd like to know whether the phrase 'into one with a dash' is used as an adverb phrase modifying 'two sentence' or as an adverbial phrase expressing result.
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condensation into one... I would call "into one" a complement of the noun "condensation," which has some verbal qualities.

Many nouns ending in -tion are derived from verbs, and preposition phrases complement their "verbal" meaning.

(unify): unification of A and B
(transform): transformation (of the hero) into a peahen
(absorb): absorption (of oil) into the paper
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your continuous replies and concrete answer and various examples Emotion: smile
AlpheccaStars
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park sang joonI'd like to know which I can interpret the source as? - #1 or #2
2) It is an elegant condensation of two sentences, for a condensation to become one with a dash.
Certainly not #2! More like #1, but see below.
park sang joon1) It is an elegant condensation of two sentences(which is) into one(sentence) with a
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Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your concrete answer.

I have completely understood now.

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