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A different story would read, me thrust forward and capitalise like another. How is the verb thrust defined in relation to this particular sentence? Is it a brid, plane, transitive verb or participle or whatever. Sorry to be filppant, but it's due to a certain amount of frustration with regard to my comprehension of verbs generally!

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
A different story would read, me thrust forward and capitalise like another.
How is the verb thrust defined in relation to this particular sentence? Is it a brid, plane, transitive verb or participle or whatever. Sorry to be filppant, but it's due to a certain amount of frustration with regard to my comprehension of verbs generally!

I first need to understand the sentence, but I don't. Can you orovide some context?
Another what?

Are you sure you have typed it correctly? I wonder if 'thrust' and 'capitalized' are adjectives here? I can't tell without context.

Clive

JIM1984 · Answer

CliveI first need to understand the sentence, but I don't. Can you orovide some context?
Another what?
Are you sure you have typed it correctly? I wonder if 'thrust' and 'capitalized' are adjectives here? I can't tell without context.

Sorry.

A different story would read, without having reckoned on the correct side of beforehand, me thrust forward and capitalise like the opportunist described.

It depicts how things would have been different for the subject: had he relied solely on instinct when suddenly to have jumped up from where he was to take advantage of a situation (just like another person had done roundabout the same moment). Thrust = jumped up\ moved forward, whatever. In other words, thrust as an action word (verb). But the question is what kind of verb, finite, non-finite... ?

Clive · Answer

Hi,

A different story would read, without having reckoned on the correct side of beforehand, me thrust forward and capitalise like the opportunist described.

It depicts how things would have been different for the subject: had he relied solely on instinct when suddenly to have jumped up from where he was to take advantage of a situation (just like another person had done roundabout the same moment). Thrust = jumped up\ moved forward, whatever. In other words, thrust as an action word (verb). But the question is what kind of verb, finite, non-finite... ?

I'd say it's a past participle used as an adjective describing 'me'.
A shorter example would be
eg A story would read 'me, thrust forward'.
eg I would be in the story, thrust forward.
eg Thrust forward, I would be in the story.

I don't understand the function of the word 'capitalise' here, but perhaps that
is not relevant to your query. The whole sentence is written rather idiomatically.

Clive

Clive · Answer

PS -

A different story would read, without having reckoned on the correct side of beforehand, me thrust forward and capitalise like the opportunist described.

Or maybe the writer just decided to stretch or ignore the conventions of grammar and write 'me' insead of 'I'.
me/I thrust forward and me/I capitalise . . . (using Simple Present verbs)

Clive

JIM1984 · Answer

CliveI don't understand the function of the word 'capitalise' here,

Yes, it's no big deal, but perhaps I shoud have accounted for it so as to make things clearer. It just means that the 'opportunist' referred to had, as a result of himself having 'thrust forward', been successful (e.g. to capitalise on something = to take advantage \ to make good on, etc.)

Thanks very much for your explaination. It was very clear. On top of that however, when and if you get the time, how does that leave the sentence parsed? Yeah, how would you define 'captalise' after what I have told you about the word? Is it a grammatically correct sentence; I mean where is the finite verb and is 'A different story would read' a main clause.? I think it is, and that 'woud read' is the finite verb - then, of course, if I was sure I wouldn't be asking!

Thanks very much again, as your explanation explains a lot for me in respect of the pronoun 'me' linked with a participle. I've had a general problem with that configuration.

P.S I've just looked it up and 'capitalise' is straightforeard finite verb. There's not way it's a participle is there?

Clive · Answer

Hi,

No, it's not.

By itself, it's not a great sentence, although perhaps it fits well into the place you found it.

Clive

JIM1984 · Answer

CliveBy itself, it's not a great sentence,

Clive, that's where you're wrong. The reason you err is easily accounted for: I wrote it.
LOL

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