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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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wounld't put it
“Do you really think he'd go off with another woman?”
(1) “I wouldn't put it past him.”
(2) I wouldn't put it past Lorna to deny all knowledge of this plan.
In the sentences (1) and (2), are “past him” and “past Lorna to deny all knowledge of this plan” all adverbial phrase?
(Although the two are idioms, I want to understand the sentences’ forms for better understanding. These are too unfamiliar for my mother tongue, I can’t grasp the meaning.)
(1) “I wouldn't put it past him.”
(2) I wouldn't put it past Lorna to deny all knowledge of this plan.
In the sentences (1) and (2), are “past him” and “past Lorna to deny all knowledge of this plan” all adverbial phrase?
(Although the two are idioms, I want to understand the sentences’ forms for better understanding. These are too unfamiliar for my mother tongue, I can’t grasp the meaning.)
Top answer
I just guessed that in the sentence (2), “it” is a dummy-it, and to~ is the real object. So it means, I wouldn’t say it’s not the Lorna’s nature to deny all knowledge of this plan.
- I just guessed that in the sentence (2), “it” is a dummy-it, and to~ is the real object.
- So it means, I wouldn’t say it’s not the Lorna’s nature to deny all knowledge of this plan.
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I just guessed that in the sentence (2), “it” is a dummy-it, and to~ is the real object.
So it means, I wouldn’t say it’s not the Lorna’s nature to deny all knowledge of this plan.
So it means, I wouldn’t say it’s not the Lorna’s nature to deny all knowledge of this plan.
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eipjoo-
(1) “Do you really think he'd go off with another woman?” “I wouldn't put it past him.”
(2) I wouldn't put it past Lorna to deny all knowledge of this plan.
I just guessed that in the sentence (2), “it” is a
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