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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
You getting married that is.
Miles hears his ex wife Victoria is going to come to their friend's Jack's wedding with her new husband.
Miles call her, drunken.
Miles: You see, Vicki, I heard about this for the fist time today. You getting married that is. and I was kind of taken aback. Just hard to believe. I guess I thought maybe there was still a chance for us somewhere down the road and I just...
Victoria: Miles, maybe it is better if you don't come to the wedding.
Miles: All righty, Vicky. Whatever you say. You're the boss.
<From the movie "Sideways">
I'd like to know the nominal phrase "You getting married" is the fronted complement of "that is."
And I'd like to know why "getting married" is not used as the pluperfect as in "having gotten married."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Miles call her, drunken.
Miles: You see, Vicki, I heard about this for the fist time today. You getting married that is. and I was kind of taken aback. Just hard to believe. I guess I thought maybe there was still a chance for us somewhere down the road and I just...
Victoria: Miles, maybe it is better if you don't come to the wedding.
Miles: All righty, Vicky. Whatever you say. You're the boss.
<From the movie "Sideways">
I'd like to know the nominal phrase "You getting married" is the fronted complement of "that is."
And I'd like to know why "getting married" is not used as the pluperfect as in "having gotten married."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
e. explaining what "this" in the previous sentence refers to). It does not have a complement in the normal sense.
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- explaining what "this" in the previous sentence refers to).
- It does not have a complement in the normal sense.
- "you getting married" can be used for both future and past events.
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Here "that is" is an idiomatic phrase meaning "in other words" (i.e. explaining what "this" in the previous sentence refers to). It does not have a complement in the normal sense.
"you getting married" can be used for both future and past events.
"you getting married" can be used for both future and past events.
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Thank you, GPY, for your very helpful answer.
Then I'd like to know by any chance if "that is" means "that is (to say)" and "you
Then I'd like to know by any chance if "that is" means "that is (to say)" and "you
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park sang joonThen I'd like to know by any chance if "that is" means "that is (to say)""that is to say" has the right meaning. It is a bit more elaborate, and perhaps more formal-sounding than this dialogue calls for.
park sang joonand "you getting married" means "you are getting married"/ "you were getting married."
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