[Grammar] a single example of a book, newspaper, etc. of which many have been made

[kadioguy]

copy
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2 [countable] a single example of a book, newspaper, etc. of which many have been made

[FONT=Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]a copy of ‘The Times’[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]The book sold 20 000 copies within two weeks.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/copy_1?q=copy
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What does the text in blue mean?
Does it mean "many have been made of the [/FONT]book, newspaper, etc."?
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[kadioguy]

Yes.

But I have a new idea. How about this?

Does it mean "many of the book, newspaper, etc. have been made"?

 

[SoothingDave]

Are you familiar with newspapers? They print many, many copies. If you go to a newsstand and buy a paper, you have bought one copy.

 

[kadioguy]

[ C ] a single book, newspaper, record, or other printed or recorded text of which many have been produced

The library has copies of all the national and local newspapers.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/copy
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Does the blue part also mean "many have been produced of the single book, newspaper, record, or other printed or recorded text"?

I understand this usage "be made of something", but I have never heard this usage "be produced of something".:shock:

 

[jutfrank]

I have never heard this usage "be produced of something".:shock:

No, the structure is this: to produce a copy of something.

The 'something' here is a book, newspaper, etc.

 

[kadioguy]

(a) a single example of a book, newspaper, etc. of which many have been made

The blue part means "many have been made of which" (many (copies) have been made of the book, newspaper, etc.) , coming from the phrase "be made of something".

(b) a single book, newspaper, record, or other printed or recorded text of which many have been produced

The blue part means "many of which have been produced" (many (copies) of the book, newspaper, etc. have been produced), coming from "to produce a copy of something".


Have I understood it correctly?

 

[kadioguy]

A friend just told me a better idea about it, so I am changing my thought to the following:

(a) a single example of a book, newspaper, etc. of which many have been made

The blue part means "many have been made of which".
From many (copies) have been made of the book, newspaper, etc.
From to make many (copies) of the book, newspaper, etc.
From to make a copy of something.

(b) a single book, newspaper, record, or other printed or recorded text of which many have been produced

The blue part means "many have been produced of which".
From many (copies) have been produced of the book, newspaper, etc.
From to produce many (copies) of the book, newspaper, etc.
From to produce a copy of something.


Have I understood it correctly?

 

[Raymott]

(a) a single example of a book, newspaper, etc. of which many have been made

The blue part means "many have been made of which".

The blue part means "Many copies have been made of the book, newspaper, etc."
A copy is an single instance of a book newspaper, in the usual situation in which many copies have been made.

There's no point analysing 'made' and 'produced' separately. They are grammatically the same.
"of which many have been made" means "of which many copies have been made." They can't use 'copies' in the explanation because it's a definition of 'copy'. You can't use the word you are defining in the definition because, if you don't know the word being defined, you wouldn't understand the definition.

 

[kadioguy]

The blue part means "Many copies have been made of the book, newspaper, etc."
A copy is an single instance of a book, newspaper, etc., in the usual situation in which many copies have been made.

A minor correction.

And in this part, I think I have the same opinion with you in post #8.

There's no point analysing 'made' and 'produced' separately. They are grammatically the same.
"of which many have been made" means "of which many copies have been made." They can't use 'copies' in the explanation because it's a definition of 'copy'. You can't use the word you are defining in the definition because, if you don't know the word being defined, you wouldn't understand the definition.

Thanks, I got it.:up: