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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
when after all that
In the example:
"Snape was trying to save me?"
"Of course," said Quirrell coolly. "\Why do you think he wanted to referee your next match? He was trying to make sure I didn't do it again. Funny, really... he needn't have bothered. I couldn't do anything with Dumbledore watching. All the other teachers thought Snape was trying to stop Gryffindor from winning, he did make himself unpopular... and what a waste of time, when after all that, I'm going to kill you tonight."
Does this phrase, when after all that, have this structure
when (noun) + after all that (prepositional phrase) ?
And does all this become an absolute phrase?
"Snape was trying to save me?"
"Of course," said Quirrell coolly. "\Why do you think he wanted to referee your next match? He was trying to make sure I didn't do it again. Funny, really... he needn't have bothered. I couldn't do anything with Dumbledore watching. All the other teachers thought Snape was trying to stop Gryffindor from winning, he did make himself unpopular... and what a waste of time, when after all that, I'm going to kill you tonight."
Does this phrase, when after all that, have this structure
when (noun) + after all that (prepositional phrase) ?
And does all this become an absolute phrase?
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eipjoo Does this phrase, when after all that, have this structure when (noun) + after all that (prepositional phrase) ? Yes. eipjoo And does all this become an absolute phrase?
- eipjoo Does this phrase, when after all that, have this structure when (noun) + after all that (prepositional phrase) ?
- Yes.
- eipjoo And does all this become an absolute phrase?
- No, the prepositional phrase is just intercalated into the clause, which can be re-ordered like this: ..
- and what a waste of time, when I'm going to kill you tonight after (= in spite of, irrespective of) all that...
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eipjooDoes this phrase, when after all that, have this structure when (noun) + after all that (prepositional phrase) ?Yes.
eipjooAnd does all this become an absolute phrase?No, the prepositional phrase is just intercalated into the clause, which can be re-ordered like this:
...and what a waste of time,
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