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 #2 (permalink) Sat Apr 18, 2009 2:13 am grammar |
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'this' refers to the rain.
'with attitude' is an adjective phrase which modifies the noun 'rain'. Here, 'attitude' means in a 'defiant, cocky, or arrogant' manner.
"No dank December drizzle this" means "This rain is no dank December drizzle", but rather rain that is actively being hostile.
This is a literary technique referred to as personification, giving inanimate objects human like qualities.
In other words, it's not a soft quiet rain, but a heavy hard-falling rain.
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:36 am grammar |
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| Xung wrote: |
Hi,
There's one thing I can't understand about "the so-called" new usages of Adverb "this" and "with attitude" in "The Horse whisperer" by Nicholas Evans, page 70 -It rained for eight days without taking a breadth. No dank December drizzle this, but rain with attitude.-
Would be grateful if you could explain those mentioned above.
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Thanks so much for your quick answer. At first I thought the sentence would be like this:"This was no dank December drizzle, but rain with its own pleasure". What would you think about that. I hope to get more help from you. |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Apr 18, 2009 3:50 am grammar |
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| Xung wrote: |
| Thanks so much for your quick answer. At first I thought the sentence would be like this:"This was no dank December drizzle, but rain with its own pleasure". What would you think about that. I hope to get more help from you. |
No, the idea of 'attitude' implies a kind of meanness or contrariness, not something pleasant.
It's a way of saying that the rain is actively trying to cause problems, not make itself enjoyable.
Note the comparison to a dank drizzle - dank means somewhat moist, and a drizzle is a very fine, light misty rain. So this is no light mist that simply gets your face wet, but heavy, non-stop rain for 8 days straight.
The idea that it hasn't stopped raining for 8 days straight is the core of the concept that the rain has 'attitude', and a bad attitude at that. It just keeps raining to spite everybody.
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:03 am grammar |
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| Many thanks for your reply. I now get the whole idea of the author through your help. Still have a lot to ask about grammar if you don't mind. Thanks again. |
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:03 am grammar |
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Glad I could help clarify.
There are many others here who are also excellent sources of information, so please, ask away. There's bound to be somebody who knows the answer.
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