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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

You are a waste of oxygen

Hi

Though I understand what this sentence means, I'm not able to understand its syntax: Some people are a waste of oxygen. Is "a waste of oxygen" an adjectival phrase modifying "Some people"? Would you please provide me with a syntactically similar sentence?

Thank you for the help.
  

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Hi Jackson, I don't understand your difficulty. Are you asking if we can say that a person is a thing? Yes, we can.

— Clive

  • Hi Jackson, I don't understand your difficulty.
  • Are you asking if we can say that a person is a thing?
  • Yes, we can.
  • eg Tom is a nuisance.
  • Clive
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Hi Jackson,

I don't understand your difficulty.

Are you asking if we can say that a person is a thing? Yes, we can.

eg Tom is a nuisance.

Clive
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