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Dela Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The subject of this sentence?
Is the underlined part the subject of the sentence? What's the meaning?
Budding off the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square is a world-beating celebration of theatre.
Budding off the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square is a world-beating celebration of theatre.
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e. of: A world-beating celebration of theatre is budding off the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square. The subject is "A world-beating celebration of theatre".
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- of: A world-beating celebration of theatre is budding off the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square.
- The subject is "A world-beating celebration of theatre".
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The core structure is "Budding off X is Y", which is an inversion of "Y is budding off X", i.e. of:
A world-beating celebration of theatre is budding off the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square.
The subject is "A world-beating celebration of theatre".
A world-beating celebration of theatre is budding off the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square.
The subject is "A world-beating celebration of theatre".
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Thanks. is it corret to see this sentence this way: Times Square used to be the Mecca of sugar and lights, now is considered as a world-beating celebration of theatre? Here the "that is" equals to i.e..
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No, it's saying that Times Square is the Mecca of sugar and lights. The "world-beating celebration of theatre" is "budding off" Times Square -- in other words, growing out of it, or sprouting from it (think of a plant producing buds).
"that is" doesn't mean "i.e." here. "the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square" is the pattern "the X that is Y", which is a way of presenting X as
"that is" doesn't mean "i.e." here. "the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square" is the pattern "the X that is Y", which is a way of presenting X as
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This sentence was difficult for me.
Sometimes "that is" and "i.e." are replacable, aren't they? In what kind of context, they cann't be replaced by each other?Thanks for your help.
Sometimes "that is" and "i.e." are replacable, aren't they? In what kind of context, they cann't be replaced by each other?Thanks for your help.
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"i.e." can always (I think) be replaced with "that is".
The converse is not generally true. Of course, you will understand that a sentence like "That is your desk" (showing someone their desk) cannot be written as "I.e. your desk". The case of "the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square" is a bit more tricky because "that is" seems to be performing a similar function to "i.e.", na
The converse is not generally true. Of course, you will understand that a sentence like "That is your desk" (showing someone their desk) cannot be written as "I.e. your desk". The case of "the Mecca of sugar and lights that is Times Square" is a bit more tricky because "that is" seems to be performing a similar function to "i.e.", na
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