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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The structure 'see something + a past participle'

1. We could hear the airplane but could not see it concealed above the clouds.
2. We could hear the airplane but could not see that it was concealed above the clouds.
3. We could hear the airplane but could not see it because we was concealed above the clouds.

I have rephrased #1 into both #2 and #3, but both don't make sense.
So, I'd like to know how I should interpret #1.

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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4. We could hear the airplane but could not see it because it was concealed above the clouds.

— Clive

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  • We could hear the airplane but could not see it because it was concealed above the clouds.
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4. We could hear the airplane but could not see it because it was concealed above the clouds.
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Thank you Clive for your answer. Emotion: smile
Judging from your interpretation, I would take it that you regarded "concealed above the cloud
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park sang joonI have rephrased #1 into both #2 and #3, but both don't make sense.
A small aside: Try not to combine a universal quantifier (all, both) with a negative verb. It's better to make the quantifier negative instead of the verb: neither makes sense.

CJ
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My #4 was , as you say, my interpretation. It is what I think the writer means.

But I think a more literal interpretation is
#5. We could hear the airplane but could not see the airplane( that was) c
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Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your very helpful advice. Emotion: smile
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Thank you, Clive, for your continuing to answer. Emotion: smile

I see the phrase as describing 'it', ie 'the airplane'.
It's n
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Consider these common examples.
eg They searched for the plane. They found it wrecked.
eg They waited for the plane. They saw it landing.
eg The plane did not arrive. The airline declared it overdue.

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Thank you, Clive, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile
I think your new exampels are quite differnent than the sentence in your first a
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But my examples do not need to be rephrased.
Neither does the original sentence (#1).

They are all correct as written.

Clive
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