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#2 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:38 am Rhetoric Problem |
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The table is laden with food. _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach
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#3 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:33 am Rhetoric Problem |
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Man, that's a sentence. (^^")
Say, like this, "There is...(insert the phrase here)!" |
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Steven0103 I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:43 am Rhetoric Problem |
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or, "They ordered...(the phrase)."
or, "She cooked...(the phrase)."
Your reply may be of much help to me. I will appreciate your effort put into this topic. |
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Steven0103 I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 13:52 pm Rhetoric Problem |
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... a lot of food. _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#6 (permalink) Tue Feb 09, 2010 20:43 pm Rhetoric Problem |
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...food galore. ...gobs of grub. ...a harvest. ...a culinary assault. ...an astral feast. |
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Brently I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Wed Feb 10, 2010 15:57 pm Rhetoric Problem |
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Thank you guys very much. You've been really helpful.
However, I encounter one more rhetoric difficulty.
Imagine this: ----------------- It's raining.
There is a huge tree.
A few drops of rain fall through its leaves. -----------------
I wish to make a sentence like:
A man stands beneath a ________ tree.
or,
A man stands beneath a tree ________.
Is possible to use less than three words here?
And you may have a better way to describe this scene, which I would love to take.
It will be very nice of you to help me with this question. I shall appreciate your effort very much. |
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Steven0103 I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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