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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Will suffice

"When there’s a cloud this large and foreboding no lining, silver or otherwise, will suffice. This was a year in which vulgarity, divisiveness and exclusion won – a triumph for dystopian visions of race, nation and ethnicity. Those thought dangerous and marginal are now not only mainstream, they have power. Immigrants and minorities are fearful, bigots are emboldened, discourse is coarsened. Progressive alternatives, while available, have yet to find a coherent electoral voice. You can polish this turd of a year all you like – it won’t stop it stinking to high heaven." (The Guardian.)

I've got a problem to identify the subject of the verb "will suffice" in the sentence When there’s a cloud this large and foreboding no lining, silver or otherwise, will suffice in the paragraph above. Is it "silver or otherwise", "a cloud" or "foreboding no lining"?
  

Top answer

no lining will suffice "foreboding no lining" is not a phrase. "foreboding", along with "large", modifies "cloud".

— GPY

  • no lining will suffice "foreboding no lining" is not a phrase.
  • "foreboding", along with "large", modifies "cloud".
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no lining will suffice

"foreboding no lining" is not a phrase. "foreboding", along with "large", modifies "cloud".
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GPYno lining will suffice
Thank you for the reply.
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Anonymous"When there’s a cloud this large and foreboding no lining, silver or otherwise, will suffice. This was a year in which vulgarity, divisiveness and exclusion won – a triumph for dystopian visions of race, nation and ethnicity. Those thought dangerous and marginal are now not only mainstream, they have power. Immigrants and minorities are fearful, bigots are embold
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CalifJim And Happy New Year to you, too!
The same to you. All the best for the New Year!
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