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RobinG Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

what do you make of it?

What do you make of this sentence--This spat even raises the spectre of a conflict that could conceivably draw in America.
1.I'm not quite sure what the word draw means here?
2.What is the subject of the word draw? the spectre or a conflict?
  

Top answer

1. 'Draw in' = cause to become involved 2. conflict

— Mister Micawber

  • 1.
  • 'Draw in' = cause to become involved 2.
  • conflict
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1. 'Draw in' = cause to become involved
2. conflict
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Thanks Mr.Micawber. That hit me like a lightening, absolutely right. It's been keeping me for a little while, and now it's crystal-clear.
Frustrating! how can I make sense of one sentence at the very first glance?
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I guess it's all about the Grammars, the phrases......
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RobinG how can I make sense of one sentence at the very first glance?
Experience...but often, none of us can. Written language is fundamentally more complexly composed than spoken language.
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Guess you're right! Sometimes I get so unreasonably envious about your instincts in English. Cannot complain, though!!!
And I've gone through all the 35 usages of the word draw, painfully!!! but I didn't see the phrase draw in or anything related to the meaning of get involved.
Guess I've got a loads of books to plough through before I attain the "instinct".
Thanks
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