What does 'measure' mean here?
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John McCormack included a popular balance in his repertoire, and was by every measure a superstar in his own right.
In the sentence above:
- What does "every measure a superstar" mean?
- What is the subject of was?
- What does measure mean in that sentence?
- And what part of speech is measure?
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John McCormack included a popular balance in his repertoire, and was by every measure a superstar in his own right.
In the sentence above:
- What does "every measure a superstar" mean?
- What is the subject of was?
- What does measure mean in that sentence?
- And what part of speech is measure?
meaning meaning-in-context sentence translation
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Some of these questions may be better suited for ELL. Also, questions should show some research effort. Anyhow, here is a simpler sentence for your consideration: By every measure, John McCormack was a superstar in his own right. Search "by every measure" for examples of usage. A short lesson on prepositional phrases: dailygrammar.com/Lesson-181-Prepositional-Phrases.htm. Welcome and good evening.
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John McCormack included a popular balance in his repertoire, and was by every measure a superstar in his own right.
In the sentence above:
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- What is the subject of was?
- What does measure mean in that sentence?
- And what part of speech is measure?
meaning meaning-in-context sentence translation
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John McCormack included a popular balance in his repertoire, and was by every measure a superstar in his own right.
In the sentence above:
- What does "every measure a superstar" mean?
- What is the subject of was?
- What does measure mean in that sentence?
- And what part of speech is measure?
meaning meaning-in-context sentence translation
meaning meaning-in-context sentence translation
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Some of these questions may be better suited for ELL. Also, questions should show some research effort. Anyhow, here is a simpler sentence for your consideration: By every measure, John McCormack was a superstar in his own right. Search "by every measure" for examples of usage. A short lesson on prepositional phrases: dailygrammar.com/Lesson-181-Prepositional-Phrases.htm. Welcome and good evening.
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Some of these questions may be better suited for ELL. Also, questions should show some research effort. Anyhow, here is a simpler sentence for your consideration: By every measure, John McCormack was a superstar in his own right. Search "by every measure" for examples of usage. A short lesson on prepositional phrases: dailygrammar.com/Lesson-181-Prepositional-Phrases.htm. Welcome and good evening.
– KannE
Dec 9 at 21:53
Some of these questions may be better suited for ELL. Also, questions should show some research effort. Anyhow, here is a simpler sentence for your consideration: By every measure, John McCormack was a superstar in his own right. Search "by every measure" for examples of usage. A short lesson on prepositional phrases: dailygrammar.com/Lesson-181-Prepositional-Phrases.htm. Welcome and good evening.
– KannE
Dec 9 at 21:53
Some of these questions may be better suited for ELL. Also, questions should show some research effort. Anyhow, here is a simpler sentence for your consideration: By every measure, John McCormack was a superstar in his own right. Search "by every measure" for examples of usage. A short lesson on prepositional phrases: dailygrammar.com/Lesson-181-Prepositional-Phrases.htm. Welcome and good evening.
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In the sentence measure just means a manner of judgement.
When one says "he is good by every measure", it means that he is good by ever single method you could possibly use to judge how he is good. So, "by every possible measure" in a lot of cases serves the same purpose as a modifier.
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Does it mean something like:
Whichever way you look at it, or in every respect he was a superstar in his own right.
?
The subject of "was" is John McCormack, and "measure" is a noun here I would say.
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In the sentence measure just means a manner of judgement.
When one says "he is good by every measure", it means that he is good by ever single method you could possibly use to judge how he is good. So, "by every possible measure" in a lot of cases serves the same purpose as a modifier.
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In the sentence measure just means a manner of judgement.
When one says "he is good by every measure", it means that he is good by ever single method you could possibly use to judge how he is good. So, "by every possible measure" in a lot of cases serves the same purpose as a modifier.
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In the sentence measure just means a manner of judgement.
When one says "he is good by every measure", it means that he is good by ever single method you could possibly use to judge how he is good. So, "by every possible measure" in a lot of cases serves the same purpose as a modifier.
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In the sentence measure just means a manner of judgement.
When one says "he is good by every measure", it means that he is good by ever single method you could possibly use to judge how he is good. So, "by every possible measure" in a lot of cases serves the same purpose as a modifier.
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Does it mean something like:
Whichever way you look at it, or in every respect he was a superstar in his own right.
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The subject of "was" is John McCormack, and "measure" is a noun here I would say.
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Does it mean something like:
Whichever way you look at it, or in every respect he was a superstar in his own right.
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The subject of "was" is John McCormack, and "measure" is a noun here I would say.
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Does it mean something like:
Whichever way you look at it, or in every respect he was a superstar in his own right.
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The subject of "was" is John McCormack, and "measure" is a noun here I would say.
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Does it mean something like:
Whichever way you look at it, or in every respect he was a superstar in his own right.
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The subject of "was" is John McCormack, and "measure" is a noun here I would say.
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In fact it does, but an answer here should be definite not questioning.
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In fact it does, but an answer here should be definite not questioning.
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Some of these questions may be better suited for ELL. Also, questions should show some research effort. Anyhow, here is a simpler sentence for your consideration: By every measure, John McCormack was a superstar in his own right. Search "by every measure" for examples of usage. A short lesson on prepositional phrases: dailygrammar.com/Lesson-181-Prepositional-Phrases.htm. Welcome and good evening.
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