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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
What kind of structure is this
He hung up the phone a frightened man.
She recovered from the disaster a more resilient person.
Are sentences like these grammatically correct? If correct, what kind of structure are these sentences?
She recovered from the disaster a more resilient person.
Are sentences like these grammatically correct? If correct, what kind of structure are these sentences?
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The sentences are fine. I don't recall ever seeing a name for the structure, though. (That doesn't mean it has no name, of course!
- The sentences are fine.
- I don't recall ever seeing a name for the structure, though.
- (That doesn't mean it has no name, of course!
- ) In languages with more inflections a special grammatical case would be used.
- In my native language, Finnish, the essive would be required, but I don't think that will help you a lot.
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The sentences are fine. I don't recall ever seeing a name for the structure, though. (That doesn't mean it has no name, of course!
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