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bobble
bobble
3:40 AM
\o @EddieKal around for a quick grammar question?
 
Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
4:20 AM
@bobble bobbled up
 
bobble
bobble
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Q: Why does Sir Harry like Matthias's poem and not Basil's?

bobbleIn Mattimeo, Chapter 29, the rescuers' party encounters Sir Harry, an owl who speaks in poetry for much of his dialogue. For one example, this is how he introduces himself: "Why, pray, do you suppose? I'm master of poetry and prose, No equal have I in field or wood, No creature a smidgeon, a fra...

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should the title have "did" instead?
 
Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
@bobble No, that's the literary present. The title is good as it stands.
 
bobble
bobble
4:36 AM
thanks! I was second-guessing myself
 
 
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Usernew
Usernew
10:06 AM
@M.A.R. Name?
@EddieKal But the object of the verb is "You." Isn't it?
What about this
The frames are beautifully carved and priceless. Why and priceless is not included in the adjective phrase?
 
 
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Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
3:57 PM
@Usernew "You" is the indirect object. Since you know the term "direct object", I think you also know "indirect object", right? For example, "her" in "I gave her a book" is an indirect object.
@Usernew That's a parallel structure.
 
Usernew
Usernew
4:18 PM
@EddieKal Can you expand on this, please?
@EddieKal Yes, I am very well aware of that. But I am still unable to comprehend what "like no one else" is
 

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