What does "of" mean in this case?
A. The body is shining , of dark bronze and reddish colours , which , however , are somewhat confluent.
I just came across sentence A, reading an old English book, but I'm not quite sure what "of" means and what "of dark bronze and reddish colours" grammatically modifies in sentence A and whether sentence A makes sense.
Could you answer these three questions?
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fire1 I'm not quite sure what "of" means Well may you ask. I am unable to find this precise definition anywhere, but "of" is used this way for colors—a dress of blue, hair of red. It sounds bit too literary for conversation nowadays, by the way.
- fire1 I'm not quite sure what "of" means Well may you ask.
- I am unable to find this precise definition anywhere, but "of" is used this way for colors—a dress of blue, hair of red.
- It sounds bit too literary for conversation nowadays, by the way.
- fire1 what "of dark bronze and reddish colours" grammatically modifies The body is shining, and the body is of those colors.
- fire1 whether sentence A makes sense Yes.
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fire1I'm not quite sure what "of" means
Well may you ask. I am unable to find this precise definition anywhere, but "of" is used this way for colors—a dress of blue, hair of red. It sounds bit too literary for conversation nowadays, by the way.
fire1what "of dark bronze and reddish colours" grammatically modifies
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