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Akdom Posted 18 years ago
what does the "of" mean here? How does it different from
Violence attack is a clear concern to black politicans.
they are strategic importance to Western Europe.
This by itself is no help here.
Grammar
usage of preposition "of"
1. Violent attack is of clear concern to black politicians.For the above cases, I couldn't find a meaning of "of" in Dictionary.com that make sense to me.
2. The gas and oil pipelines that run through Georgia are of strategic importance to Western Europe
3. This by itself is of no help here.
what does the "of" mean here? How does it different from
Violence attack is a clear concern to black politicans.
they are strategic importance to Western Europe.
This by itself is no help here.
Top answer
Is this clearer: " stone of the size of a pea"? "His eyes seemed of a strange color" With an "of" we separate an object and the properties thereof. Let's take your version of the second sentence, which says: "T hey [gas and oil pipelines] are strategic importance to Western Europe.
- Is this clearer: " stone of the size of a pea"?
- "His eyes seemed of a strange color" With an "of" we separate an object and the properties thereof.
- Let's take your version of the second sentence, which says: "T hey [gas and oil pipelines] are strategic importance to Western Europe.
- " The pipelines are a material objects that can be physically destroyed, and importance is a category that exists only in our mind.
- By omitting the "of" you place an equal sign between the gas pipes and the notion of importance, which is an error, "type mismatch" so to say.
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Is this clearer: "stone of the size of a pea"?
"His eyes seemed of a strange color"
With an "of" we separate an object and the properties thereof.
Let's take your version of the second sentence, which says: "They [gas and oil pipelines] are strategic importance to Western Europe." The pipelin
"His eyes seemed of a strange color"
With an "of" we separate an object and the properties thereof.
Let's take your version of the second sentence, which says: "They [gas and oil pipelines] are strategic importance to Western Europe." The pipelin
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Thank you.
I understand your explanation of sentence 2.
But, i still don't get the usage of "OF" in the 1 and 3. Why use an of there? Is this a irregular form? and in the dictionary, i couldn't find a meaning that could demonstrate this usage.
I understand your explanation of sentence 2.
But, i still don't get the usage of "OF" in the 1 and 3. Why use an of there? Is this a irregular form? and in the dictionary, i couldn't find a meaning that could demonstrate this usage.
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