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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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With the most popular big hotel now destroyed and local restaurants frequented by westerners the target of extremists — Luna Caprese, one of the few places in this Islamic country where you could have a glass of wine with a meal, was bombed in March — Islamabad's sleepy night life has slipped into a veritable coma.
Could you please tell me the structure of the sentence.
I think the blue part indicates the current situation or the reasons of the red part and the green part is additional information to the current situation, which is the past event from the blue part.
I think the blue part means, "The big hotel was destroyed and restaurants foreigners often come to have been targeted by extremists."
But in my theory, 'target' shoud be 'targets', so my theory may be wrong.
Someone says 'the target of extremists' is 'Luna Caprese' in this sentence, but if so, do the two —s make sense?
Thanks.
Could you please tell me the structure of the sentence.
I think the blue part indicates the current situation or the reasons of the red part and the green part is additional information to the current situation, which is the past event from the blue part.
I think the blue part means, "The big hotel was destroyed and restaurants foreigners often come to have been targeted by extremists."
But in my theory, 'target' shoud be 'targets', so my theory may be wrong.
Someone says 'the target of extremists' is 'Luna Caprese' in this sentence, but if so, do the two —s make sense?
Thanks.
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Hi, With the most popular big hotel now destroyed and local restaurants frequented by westerners the target of extremists — Luna Caprese, one of the few places in this Islamic country where you could have a glass of wine with a meal, was bombed in March — Islamabad's sleepy night life has slipped into a veritable coma. Could you please tell me the structure of the sentence. I think the blue part indicates the current situation or the reasons of the red part Yes and the green part is additional information to the current situation, Yes which is the past event from the blue part.
- Hi, With the most popular big hotel now destroyed and local restaurants frequented by westerners the target of extremists — Luna Caprese, one of the few places in this Islamic country where you could have a glass of wine with a meal, was bombed in March — Islamabad's sleepy night life has slipped into a veritable coma.
- Could you please tell me the structure of the sentence.
- I think the blue part indicates the current situation or the reasons of the red part Yes and the green part is additional information to the current situation, Yes which is the past event from the blue part.
- " Yes But in my theory, 'target' shoud be 'targets', so my theory may be wrong.
- 'Target' is OK.
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Hi,
With the most popular big hotel now destroyed and local restaurants frequented by westerners the target of extremists — Luna Caprese, one of the few places in this Islamic country where you could have a glass of wine with a meal, was bombed in March — Islamabad's sleepy night life has slipped into a veritable coma.
Could you please tell me the structure of the sente
With the most popular big hotel now destroyed and local restaurants frequented by westerners the target of extremists — Luna Caprese, one of the few places in this Islamic country where you could have a glass of wine with a meal, was bombed in March — Islamabad's sleepy night life has slipped into a veritable coma.
Could you please tell me the structure of the sente
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The middle part is a full sentence used as an example of the first part. Other than that, it's totally independent of the sentence that surrounds it. The last part is the consequence of the first part.
situation -- example of the situation -- consequence of the situation
This is journalistic (not academic) style.
With the stock market falling daily -- just yesterday my favor
situation -- example of the situation -- consequence of the situation
This is journalistic (not academic) style.
With the stock market falling daily -- just yesterday my favor
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CalifJimsituation -- example of the situation -- consequence of the situationThanks, CJ. I understand it.
CalifJimWith the flu and colds that are going around -- my best friend was coughing and sneezing all day today -- it'll be miracle if I don't catch something myself.If I say 'With the flu and colds going around
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LiveinjapanIf I say 'With the flu and colds going around --' is it correct and does it put less emphasis on the situation than the original?It's correct, and the emphasis is the same. It's a typical transformation called "Whiz Deletion". You delete who, which, or that followed by a form of the verb to be. Here are a few examples.
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Thank you so much, CJ.
I understand it, and it's the second time you told me 'Whiz deletion' (actually you told me before and that has worked for me) I remember it now.
I understand it, and it's the second time you told me 'Whiz deletion' (actually you told me before and that has worked for me) I remember it now.
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