Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
2 sentences said in an interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu8U4_dzXJw
at 2:40
I don't understand this sentence, do you?
I need that word to read differently in any text it would be luck enough to be written about.
Did he mean
I need that word to read differently in any text it would be luck enough to be mentioned in.
I need that word to read differently in any text luck enough to mentioned.
Yet I still don't understand 'read differently'
He later says
The only way that our species can come into existence is through the portal of a woman's body.
Would you say it is natural to say 'through the portal of a woman's body.'? Is this whole sentence correct?
Thanks
at 2:40
I don't understand this sentence, do you?
I need that word to read differently in any text it would be luck enough to be written about.
Did he mean
I need that word to read differently in any text it would be luck enough to be mentioned in.
I need that word to read differently in any text luck enough to mentioned.
Yet I still don't understand 'read differently'
He later says
The only way that our species can come into existence is through the portal of a woman's body.
Would you say it is natural to say 'through the portal of a woman's body.'? Is this whole sentence correct?
Thanks
Top answer
He says: I needed that word to read differently in any text that it would ever be lucky enough to be written about. The sentence has come out slightly garbled. e.
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He says:
I needed that word to read differently in any text that it would ever be lucky enough to be written about.
The sentence has come out slightly garbled. From the context, I believe he is just saying that he needed the word to stand out (i.e. be distinctive) in any text in which it appeared.
The other sentence is grammatically correct English.
I needed that word to read differently in any text that it would ever be lucky enough to be written about.
The sentence has come out slightly garbled. From the context, I believe he is just saying that he needed the word to stand out (i.e. be distinctive) in any text in which it appeared.
The other sentence is grammatically correct English.
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