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"Besides the good things which he possesses, he every instant fancies a thousand others which death will prevent him from trying if he does not try them soon."
In this sentence, I didn't grasp the meaning of the part that says "he every instant fancies a thousand others". Could you explain it by dividing sentence into subject predicate and object?
This is taken from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America. Originally published in 1835. Translated by Henry Reeve in 1841. The author was a French observer of the United States in the nineteenth century.
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/schleifer-the-making-of-tocquevilles-democracy-in-america
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"Besides the good things which he possesses, he every instant fancies a thousand others which death will prevent him from trying if he does not try them soon."
In this sentence, I didn't grasp the meaning of the part that says "he every instant fancies a thousand others". Could you explain it by dividing sentence into subject predicate and object?
This is taken from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America. Originally published in 1835. Translated by Henry Reeve in 1841. The author was a French observer of the United States in the nineteenth century.
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/schleifer-the-making-of-tocquevilles-democracy-in-america
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[SUBJ He ][PRED [ (every instant) [V: fancies] [DO: (a thousand) others] ]; "every instant" is a temporal nounphrase modifying the verb or the entire predication (depending on your syntactic sect) and "a thousand" is a quantifying nounphrase modifying the subject.
– StoneyB
Nov 23 at 16:39
You should always give context. What is the source of this quote? Can you give a link?
– Mitch
Nov 23 at 17:00
He imagines at every moment=contemporary English.
– Lambie
Nov 23 at 17:32
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"Besides the good things which he possesses, he every instant fancies a thousand others which death will prevent him from trying if he does not try them soon."
In this sentence, I didn't grasp the meaning of the part that says "he every instant fancies a thousand others". Could you explain it by dividing sentence into subject predicate and object?
This is taken from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America. Originally published in 1835. Translated by Henry Reeve in 1841. The author was a French observer of the United States in the nineteenth century.
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/schleifer-the-making-of-tocquevilles-democracy-in-america
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"Besides the good things which he possesses, he every instant fancies a thousand others which death will prevent him from trying if he does not try them soon."
In this sentence, I didn't grasp the meaning of the part that says "he every instant fancies a thousand others". Could you explain it by dividing sentence into subject predicate and object?
This is taken from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America. Originally published in 1835. Translated by Henry Reeve in 1841. The author was a French observer of the United States in the nineteenth century.
https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/schleifer-the-making-of-tocquevilles-democracy-in-america
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[SUBJ He ][PRED [ (every instant) [V: fancies] [DO: (a thousand) others] ]; "every instant" is a temporal nounphrase modifying the verb or the entire predication (depending on your syntactic sect) and "a thousand" is a quantifying nounphrase modifying the subject.
– StoneyB
Nov 23 at 16:39
You should always give context. What is the source of this quote? Can you give a link?
– Mitch
Nov 23 at 17:00
He imagines at every moment=contemporary English.
– Lambie
Nov 23 at 17:32
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[SUBJ He ][PRED [ (every instant) [V: fancies] [DO: (a thousand) others] ]; "every instant" is a temporal nounphrase modifying the verb or the entire predication (depending on your syntactic sect) and "a thousand" is a quantifying nounphrase modifying the subject.
– StoneyB
Nov 23 at 16:39
You should always give context. What is the source of this quote? Can you give a link?
– Mitch
Nov 23 at 17:00
He imagines at every moment=contemporary English.
– Lambie
Nov 23 at 17:32
[SUBJ He ][PRED [ (every instant) [V: fancies] [DO: (a thousand) others] ]; "every instant" is a temporal nounphrase modifying the verb or the entire predication (depending on your syntactic sect) and "a thousand" is a quantifying nounphrase modifying the subject.
– StoneyB
Nov 23 at 16:39
[SUBJ He ][PRED [ (every instant) [V: fancies] [DO: (a thousand) others] ]; "every instant" is a temporal nounphrase modifying the verb or the entire predication (depending on your syntactic sect) and "a thousand" is a quantifying nounphrase modifying the subject.
– StoneyB
Nov 23 at 16:39
You should always give context. What is the source of this quote? Can you give a link?
– Mitch
Nov 23 at 17:00
You should always give context. What is the source of this quote? Can you give a link?
– Mitch
Nov 23 at 17:00
He imagines at every moment=contemporary English.
– Lambie
Nov 23 at 17:32
He imagines at every moment=contemporary English.
– Lambie
Nov 23 at 17:32
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"Others" functions as a pronoun representing "good things (the antecedent)." In this sentence "fancies" is a verb meaning "to desire,"(OAD). So: At every instant (all the time) he (de Toqueville) desires a thousand other "good things" besides the good things he already possesses. He fears that if he doesn't attain the good things soon, he will die before he experiences them.
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"Others" functions as a pronoun representing "good things (the antecedent)." In this sentence "fancies" is a verb meaning "to desire,"(OAD). So: At every instant (all the time) he (de Toqueville) desires a thousand other "good things" besides the good things he already possesses. He fears that if he doesn't attain the good things soon, he will die before he experiences them.
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"Others" functions as a pronoun representing "good things (the antecedent)." In this sentence "fancies" is a verb meaning "to desire,"(OAD). So: At every instant (all the time) he (de Toqueville) desires a thousand other "good things" besides the good things he already possesses. He fears that if he doesn't attain the good things soon, he will die before he experiences them.
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"Others" functions as a pronoun representing "good things (the antecedent)." In this sentence "fancies" is a verb meaning "to desire,"(OAD). So: At every instant (all the time) he (de Toqueville) desires a thousand other "good things" besides the good things he already possesses. He fears that if he doesn't attain the good things soon, he will die before he experiences them.
answered Nov 23 at 19:53
Zan700
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"Others" functions as a pronoun representing "good things (the antecedent)." In this sentence "fancies" is a verb meaning "to desire,"(OAD). So: At every instant (all the time) he (de Toqueville) desires a thousand other "good things" besides the good things he already possesses. He fears that if he doesn't attain the good things soon, he will die before he experiences them.
answered Nov 23 at 19:53
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answered Nov 23 at 19:53
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answered Nov 23 at 19:53
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[SUBJ He ][PRED [ (every instant) [V: fancies] [DO: (a thousand) others] ]; "every instant" is a temporal nounphrase modifying the verb or the entire predication (depending on your syntactic sect) and "a thousand" is a quantifying nounphrase modifying the subject.
– StoneyB
Nov 23 at 16:39
You should always give context. What is the source of this quote? Can you give a link?
– Mitch
Nov 23 at 17:00
He imagines at every moment=contemporary English.
– Lambie
Nov 23 at 17:32