Are these acceptable?
Newton is a mathematician; especially is he a physicist.
Shakespeare wrote a lot of peoms; especially had Shakespeare written many tragedies. If not , please give me an example each.
Thanks a lot!
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Are these acceptable?
Newton is a mathematician; especially is he a physicist.
Shakespeare wrote a lot of peoms; especially had Shakespeare written many tragedies. If not , please give me an example each.
Thanks a lot!
No, they are not acceptable.Quote:
Originally Posted by notletrest
"Isaac newton was a mathemetician and physicist."
"Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and sonnets."
With the first, you might have meant "specifically", not "especially":Quote:
Originally Posted by notletrest
My father is a scientist - more specifically, he is a chemist.
With the first, a case might be made for "particularly" although it would lead to a slightly untrue statement:
Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays, particularly tragedies.
My real end is to hope for 2 sentences with "espeacially +operational verb (be, or do)+ subject +..."Because I came across "yet, rather, especially may be at the beginning of sentences and followed by operational verb + subject +..." ,as for especially , the author didn't give any examples. I tried to make the original sentences to ask for your guidance.
Thanks!
I would regard that advice as suspect. Where did you find it?
I have just skimmed through the first 200 COCA citations for 'especially' and found only three: Especially for students who ... , Especially since the landmark work of ... , and Especially being a non profit doing conservation work. In all three of these, I would have used a comma, not a full stop, before 'especially'. I haven't the time to search the 'yet' and 'rather' citations.
Looking at the learned, wise, beloved, diligently working old photo of 5jj am I, naturally does a respectful feeling come to my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5jj
In the Journal of Foreign Languages sponsored by the Shanghai Foreign Languages Institution No.1985.5.p.52,there is such a paragraph:
“H. W. Fowler gave a kind of linking inversion, which appeared in clauses beginning with yet, especially, rather, etc.(1965:300) ,and the pattern is mainly in CVS, for example,
His works were burnt by the common hangman; yet was the multitude still true to him.
His book is not a biography in the ordinary sense; rather is it a series of recollections… “
Thanks a lot!
The words in red were written by Thomas Macaulay (died 1859), and cited by Fowler when he was writing his Dictionary of Modern English Usage in 1923. We should not use them as a guide to 21st Century English usage.Quote:
Originally Posted by notletrest
We ,Chinese, are used to esteeming the past over the present. The past expressing methods in language are not wrong today, let alone pointed out by H.W. Fowler. My reference books being too limited, I asked you to help me with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5jj
By the way, I should use "Looking at the learned, wise, beloved, diligently working old man photo of 5jj am I" instead of my last one.
Thanks!
You may well be used to respecting the past over the present but when it comes to spoken and written English, if you wish to be understood, you need to learn 21st century English.Quote:
Originally Posted by notletrest
If you want to write historical novels or poetry, then getting to grips with flowery, overly wordy constructions and vocabulary is fine, but don't expect to use them in everyday life.
Your sentence beginning "Looking at the learned ..." is extremely flowery and, whilst I'm sure it was meant as a compliment and I'm sure 5jj took it as such, it is entirely unnecessary. It is not a good use of your time writing sentences like that and not really a good use of our time reading them. Keep your posts short and to the point. Just say what you need to know, give the words or phrases you are having trouble with, and say something like "Please can you help me with this". We don't stand on ceremony around here - we don't have the time.