The Structure Of “Cut Himself A Nice Fat Slash Off”
Everybody is gonna cut himself a nice fat slash off John Does, eh?
I failed to comprehend how I parse the sentence.
Especially, I'd like to see what "off John Does" modifies.
My parsing is as follows:
Everybody (subject) is gonna cut(transitive verb chunk) himself (indirect object) a nice fat slash (direct object) off John Does (predicative complement)
Please correct me if I 'm wrong.
Top answer
Everybody is gonna cut himself a nice fat slash off John Does, eh? First, it's a good idea to consider what the sentence means. It makes no sense to me.
- Everybody is gonna cut himself a nice fat slash off John Does, eh?
- First, it's a good idea to consider what the sentence means.
- It makes no sense to me.
- Where did you find it?
- Are you sure you didn't mean to type Does with an apostrophe?
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Everybody is gonna cut himself a nice fat slash off John Does, eh? First, it's a good idea to consider what the sentence means. It makes no sense to me. Where did you find it? Are you sure you didn't mean to type Does with an apostrophe?
ie Everybody is gonna cut himself a nice fat slash off John Doe's, eh?
John Doe is the name that is by tradition giv
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