[Grammar] ..tightly shut or what do it mean?

[Ivand]

Good evening!!!
Be so kind to find out a meaning of the phrase. it is underlined by me for clarity.
Peter kept his eyes screwed tightly shut.
Thanks a lot )

 

[Tarheel]

Good evening!!!
Please tell me the meaning of the phrase. it is in bold for emphasis.
Peter kept his eyes screwed tightly shut.

It's an ordinary phrase with a couple of extra words thrown in for emphasis.

 

[Ivand]

It's an ordinary phrase with a couple of extra words thrown in for emphasis.

Please explain me the meaning of the phrase. I'm interesting full parsing (syntaxis).
What is incorrect in my request above? How it soubds? I'm only learning)

 

[Tarheel]

I'm not sure what you don't understand. The sentence:

Peter kept his eyes shut.

The writer added "screwed tightly" for emphasis.

(If you're going to be using words like syntaxis you should be teaching me. ;-) )

 

[Tarheel]

Two things. One, you do not, I think, want me to find out the meaning of the phrase. Instead, you want me (or somebody) to explain it to you. Two, it's not underlined; it's in bold print.

 

[emsr2d2]

Please explain to me the meaning of the phrase. I'm [STRIKE]interesting[/STRIKE] interested in fully parsing (syntaxis) it.
What is incorrect in my request above? How does it [STRIKE]sounds[/STRIKE] sound? I'm only learning.

Note my corrections above.

 

[Rover_KE]

Also asked here - https://forum.wordreference.com/thr...g-of-the-phrase-please.3669750/#post-18710630

Ivand, please note that

we recommend posting a question on one forum only initially. If you do not get a satisfactory answer from that forum and you feel that you have exhausted its possibilities, then of course trying a different forum might help. It is only courteous however, to tell the second forum that you have already asked the question on another forum and then give a precis of the answers you received there, or provide a link to it, along with an explanation of why you are now looking elsewhere.

(emsr2d2)

 

[Ivand]

Ok. I'll be know.
I obtained a uncertain answer. I would say that that I understand the meanings on my own.
Tarheel tell exactly that 'screwed' and 'tightly' is extra words.

 

[emsr2d2]

OK.

I'll be know. What does this sentence mean?

I obtained a uncertain answer. What does this sentence mean?

I would say that that I understand the meanings on my own. What exactly do you understand?

Tarheel [STRIKE]tell[/STRIKE] told me [STRIKE]exactly[/STRIKE] that 'screwed' and 'tightly' [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE] are extra words.

Please look at my corrections and comments above (in red). I think you are trying to use English that is too high for your level. Do you have an English teacher? How long have you been studying English? How often do you communicate with native English speakers?

 

[Tarheel]

I didn't exactly say those are extra words, but at your level that's probably good enough.

 

[Ivand]

I'll be know. - is a reply on the post #8.
I obtained a uncertain answer. - On other forum I've read a reply on my question. (obtain - not fix here?)
I would say that that I understand the meanings on my own. - I understood that 'screwed' and 'tightly' are extra words. I think ones (those words) suggest a degree.
I don't have a teacher. I'd be glad if he have been with me.
I don't communicate with native English speakers.
It would be glad if you'll help me

 

[Tarheel]

Two things. One, say '"I'll be know" is a reply to post #8.' Two, please don't use that construction. (It's totally ungrammatical.)

 

[Tarheel]

You got an answer to your question on the other forum, but you don't understand it. Is that right?
:?:

 

[Tarheel]

Peter kept his eyes screwed tightly shut.

Peter had his eyes shut and for some reason didn't want to open them. The writer wants to emphasize that Peter is determined to keep his eyes shut. That's the reason for the "extra" words.

What do you still not understand?

 

[Tarheel]

Peter kept his eyes screwed tightly shut.

Peter kept his eyes shut on purpose.

The pictures posted on WR should have been helpful. Also. Carolinian posted something to that thread.

Please tell me if you are finally satisfied with the answers to that one.

 

[Ivand]

I'd want to write messages correctly if I'd know how to write it correctly. I'm only learning English. I try doing the first steps)
I got a answer on th other forum, but I don't understood a sence completely. And, yes it is not right.
I was worryed words 'screwed tightly' which are some degree for all the sentence, are not?
In addition to having been written, I think that word 'shot' is secondary predicate becouse of that sentence is getting a extra ending meaning.
What do you mean?

 

[Alexey86]

As a non-native English speaker I've put myself in Ivand's shoes, and I'd like to share my guess about the source of his difficulty. Ivand, correct me if my guess is wrong. Maybe it has to do with the place of "screwed", and if the sentence were "Peter kept his screwed eyes tightly shut," its meaning would be clear for you. But I'm not sure if such a change would be grammatically or semantically correct.

 

[jutfrank]

if the sentence were "Peter kept his screwed eyes tightly shut," its meaning would be clear for you. But I'm not sure if such a change would be grammatically or semantically correct.

No, that's not right. The word screwed is not supposed to modify eyes. The phrase is screwed [tightly] shut. Think of it progressively, like this:

keep your eyes shut
keep your eyes screwed shut
keep your eyes screwed tightly shut

 

[Rover_KE]

I obtained a uncertain answer. - On other forum I've read a reply on my question. (obtain - not fix here?)

This is the other forum in which you posted the same thread.

Please do not post the same question simultaneously to more than one forum. Doing so wastes our valuable time. Instead, post your question to one forum and wait for replies. If you're not satisfied with those replies, you can try another forum, but please indicate in your thread that you've already asked the same question elsewhere (provide a link), and outline why you were not satisfied with the answers you received already.

(teechar)

 

[Tarheel]

Ivand, you have a habit of asking questions and ignoring the answers. Also, you have not answered any of my questions. My advice (which you will ignore) is not to remove a phrase from a sentence and expect to understand the sentence better. Each of your posts contains numerous errors, and I don't understand most of the sentences. I suggest that you focus on the one thing that is giving you problems, and once you have figured that one out go on to something else. (You will ignore that.)