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desultude · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:55 am Post subject: I need a little parsing, please

"The town of Mobile was one of the hardest hit by the storm."

The part that is being questioned is 'one of the hardest hit', particularly the word 'hit'.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

I am sorry, but what's your question?

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

Do you mean parsley? You should find it widely available.

desultude · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:13 am Post subject:

Hmm, I guess when I said "parsing" I meant identifying the various parts of speech and of the sentence.

For example- what is the word "hit" in this sentence? I mean, hit is a verb, but it is performing some other function here. It appears to be a modifier, but what is it modifying? And what is the phrase "one of the hardest hit"? What is its function?

It's been a long day, and one of my colleagues needs to be able to answer a rather advanced adult student on this one, so I was looking for assistance from the grammarianson the board.

desultude · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:14 am Post subject:

Hmm, I guess when I said "parsing" I meant identifying the various parts of speech and of the sentence.

For example- what is the word "hit" in this sentence? I mean, hit is a verb, but it is performing some other function here. It appears to be a modifier, but what is it modifying? And what is the phrase "one of the hardest hit"? What is its function?

It's been a long day, and one of my colleagues needs to be able to answer a rather advanced adult student on this one, so I was looking for assistance from the grammarianson the board.

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

Isnt it personification??

Mobile was hit hardest. The storm doesnt literally hit (punch) Mobile but it is given a human-like quality to describe the impact.....(???)

Like "the tree reached to the sky"
"The sun smiled hown on me"
"The rain kissed my cheeks"
"The car coughed and sputtered"
"Mobile was the hardest hit by the storm"

John literally hits Jack, Paul and Joe. Joe was the hardest hit (as in worse than anyone else).

Mobile was the hardest hit - as in worse than any other city/town.

I could be WAAAAY off but thats how I see it.

kimchikowboy · Joined: 24 Jan 2003

Active voice: The storm hit Mobile.
Passive voice: Mobile was hit by the storm.

Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.

deessell · Joined: 08 Jun 2005

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desultude

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

deessell · Joined: 08 Jun 2005

Yeah sorry I was thinking about the use of the passive voice for the company instead of the town. (I have been reading a lot about the oil wars and have mobil on the brain)

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Kimchieluver · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

I thought desultude was drunk when she asked the question.