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Ben9108 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Why (Is of)
I would be grateful if someone help to solve my problem.
Why "of " can followed "is" in a correct sentence?
Example 1) ...its quality standard is of a satisfactory level.
2) The picture is of happiness, the story not.
3) It is of considerable interest as indicated ...
4) It is of great use of....
Why "of " can followed "is" in a correct sentence?
Example 1) ...its quality standard is of a satisfactory level.
2) The picture is of happiness, the story not.
3) It is of considerable interest as indicated ...
4) It is of great use of....
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As far as I know, there's no case where you would use "it is of great use of", because you are saying "of" twice, UNLESS it is not being used to start a sentence. " To rephrase Example 1: "its quality standard is of a satisfactory level" becomes "the level of its quality standard is satisfactory". As you might be able to tell, before you rearrange the words, the phrase 'rolls off the tongue' a little better, and it makes a little more sense (when you rearrange the words, the sentence becomes a little 'clunky').
- As far as I know, there's no case where you would use "it is of great use of", because you are saying "of" twice, UNLESS it is not being used to start a sentence.
- " To rephrase Example 1: "its quality standard is of a satisfactory level" becomes "the level of its quality standard is satisfactory".
- As you might be able to tell, before you rearrange the words, the phrase 'rolls off the tongue' a little better, and it makes a little more sense (when you rearrange the words, the sentence becomes a little 'clunky').
- The second example is a little more poetic, and using word 'of' effectively removes or replaces certain other words, shortening the sentence.
- " The problem with that example is that unless you already know the context in which the sentence is being spoken, it could mean several things, so I can't help more there.
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As far as I know, there's no case where you would use "it is of great use of", because you are saying "of" twice, UNLESS it is not being used to start a sentence. An example;
"At first sight, the definition brings about a neutral and functional explanationof the state, as it is of great
"At first sight, the definition brings about a neutral and functional explanationof the state, as it is of great
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I also did not understand the use of double "of" in the last sentence.
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Hi Ben
I would say that this structure simply omits words/ideas that have already been mentioned, and thus avoids unneccessary repetition. Just as Christopher did, I'll use sentence 2 as an example:
- The picture is of happiness, the story not. = The picture is (a picture) of happiness, (but) the story (is) not (a story of happiness).
I would say that this structure simply omits words/ideas that have already been mentioned, and thus avoids unneccessary repetition. Just as Christopher did, I'll use sentence 2 as an example:
- The picture is of happiness, the story not. = The picture is (a picture) of happiness, (but) the story (is) not (a story of happiness).
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