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tcom

Joined: 06 Nov 2005
Posts: 37

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject: What's the meaning of come in this context?

Dear teachers,

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Of all the festivals in the Christian calendar Christmas has always attracted
the most musical contributions from composers, albeit, in the main, vocal and choral.
The exceptions have been seasonal seventeenth and eighteenth century concerti grossi, most notably
that of Corelli, and the �pastoral symphonies� in Handel�s Messiah and Bach�s Christmas Oratorio.
The subsequent century, despite Charles Dikins's virtual reinvention of the institution,
bore little fruit other than the Santa Claus Symphony, by the American composer, William Henry Fry.
With the rise of public Christmas concerts, a useful source of finance for symphony orchestras
throughout the world, have come �sleigh-rides� and pot-pourris of all shades and varieties.

I don't understand the grammatical structure of the underlined sentence.
Is the verb come transitive?
What's the meaning of come in this context?

Thanks.

Mary W. Ng

Joined: 26 Jun 2006
Posts: 261

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: What's the meaning of come in this context?

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With the rise of public Christmas concerts, a useful source of finance for symphony orchestras throughout the world, have come �sleigh-rides� and pot-pourris of all shades and varieties.

I don't understand the grammatical structure of the underlined sentence.

This is an inverted sentence, the subject being �sleigh-rides� and pot-pourris of all shades and varieties; have come is the verb. Laughing

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tcom

Joined: 06 Nov 2005
Posts: 37

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:59 am Post subject:

I think I understand. Thank you Mary

redset

Joined: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 582
Location: England

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject:

Also, they have come with the rise of public Christmas concerts... (the first part of the sentence).

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