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wanderer
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 Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:56 am Post subject: Why are there 2 nouns standing next to each other? |
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"The autobiography recalled with great fidelity the exploits of the deceased actress."
I don't quite understand why "great fidelity" and "the exploits" can be put together without a conjunction.
Can any one tell me? Thanks a lot. |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:09 am Post subject: Re: Why are there 2 nouns standing next to each other? |
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| wanderer wrote: |
"The autobiography recalled with great fidelity the exploits of the deceased actress."
I don't quite understand why "great fidelity" and "the exploits" can be put together without a conjunction. |
The subject is "autobiography".
The verb is "recalled".
The direct object is "exploits".
"with great fidelity" is a prepositional phrase that modifies "recalled" (it answers the question "Recalled how?").
"of the actress" is a prepositional phrase that modifies "exploits".
How's that? |
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river1974
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| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Could the sentence be rewritten as "The autobiography recalled the exploits of the deceased actress with great fidelity."? |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:04 am Post subject: |
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| Sure! That works fine. |
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