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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Why there's no prepositions here?

Hi,


Would you rephrase the underlined part? Also would you explain why the sentence is grammatically correct without any conjunction or prepositions between Our bottles drained and Patrick? I don't know how I should read it.


Our bottles drained, Patrick would carry us back to what everyone but Lyle agreed was the center of the universe.





Thank you,

M
  

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  • " It's not very clear writing and is hard to read.
  • I suppose it's literature and not popular fiction.
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It's a very awkward sentence.

"Our bottles drained" in this context means "we were in this final state of drinking where we had drunk all the liquor"

then "Patrick would carry us back to what everyone..." means "when we were in that final state (no more liquor) Patrick would then carry us back."

It's not very clear writing and is hard to read. I suppose it's literature a
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mitsuwao23Our bottles drained, Patrick would ...
Structures like our bottles drained is sometimes called a "small clause". Meaning: When our bottles were drained ~ When we had finished drinking.

CJ
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Thank you for the reply, people. Emotion: smile

CJ,

I know you've been handling so many posts but would you come back to check
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