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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:11 am Post subject: grown roots |
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In the space of a generation, we've become accustomed to eating food that's never grown roots in local soil.
What does "that's never grown roots" mean? Is "grown roots" a fixed phrase? Is "roots" the object of verb"grown"? If so, what does it mean?
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dragn
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In the space of a generation, we've become accustomed to eating food that's never grown roots in local soil.
What does "that's never grown roots" mean? Is "grown roots" a fixed phrase? Is "roots" the object of verb"grown"? If so, what does it mean? |
It's really just a creative way of saying that we've grown accustomed to eating food that has not been grown or cultivated locally. Yes, in the phrase to grow roots (which is being used here in the present perfect and in the negative), roots is the object of the verb grow. That's what a plant does as it grows: the roots begin to extend further into the soil. Is it a fixed phrase? Well...that may be a matter of opinion. I have heard it before, for what it's worth.
Hope this helps.
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