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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
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Without anyone the wiser
With the power of his camera, he places these images of Meyers in places you least expected while giving you the perception as if the murderer is right next to you. I loved every scene in which we panned back and there was Michael, watching from the distance, without anyone the wiser.
* Michael is the murderer.
I have extracted some from the one of the reviews of "Halloween"
And I'd like to know why "the" is attached before "wiser."
Thank you in advance for your help.
* Michael is the murderer.
I have extracted some from the one of the reviews of "Halloween"
And I'd like to know why "the" is attached before "wiser."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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There may be an actual grammatical explanation for it, but my first reaction is that it is simply a fixed formation . The + adj. could be used with many descriptive words, but I think this is the most common use.
- There may be an actual grammatical explanation for it, but my first reaction is that it is simply a fixed formation .
- The + adj.
- could be used with many descriptive words, but I think this is the most common use.
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There may be an actual grammatical explanation for it, but my first reaction is that it is simply a fixed formation. The + adj. could be used with many descriptive words, but I think this is the most common use.
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Thank you, Philip, for your valuable reply.
I'd like to know whether "without anyone the wiser" is a set phrase.
I'd like to know whether "without anyone the wiser" is a set phrase.
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park sang joonThank you, Philip, for your valuable reply.I'd like to know whether "without anyone the wiser" is a set phrase.With none the wiser is sounding more natural to me this morning.
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