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Peymands Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is "violent" here a noun?

The title of one of O'conner's novels is" The violent bear it away" . I wan to know is here 'the violent' a noun that has came with 'The' ? And then why here the verb 'bear' is not in third person form? O'conner had taken this title from the bible that it's full verse is : "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away." Matthew 11:12.
Please guide me
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Hi, O'conn o r Yes, it's a noun here. It's a plural, hence the plural third-person 'bear'. Another Biblical example is '“Blessed are the meek: for they s hall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5).

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Hi,

O'connor

Yes, it's a noun here.

It's a plural, hence the plural third-person 'bear'.

Another Biblical example is '“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit
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So does it mean ' people who are volent ' or ' the violences'?
And does bear away mean 'clean' or 'abandon' ?
Thank you Clive
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Absolutely O'connor
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Peymands So does it mean ' people who are volent ' or ' the violences'? And does bear away mean 'clean' or 'abandon' ? Thank you Clive
I means people who are violent.

There is no word "violences" -- violence is not a countable noun. You can say violent acts.

I'm not sure what it means. It's not a Bible verse I am familiar with.
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Grammar Geek: I'm not sure what it means. It's not a Bible verse I am familiar with.

But it is taken from a verse of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douay-Rheims_Bible. Maybe it is different in other bibles. Please just tell me what 'bear away' means here: ...powerful act
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Here is a full page of other ways to say this verse.

http://bible.cc/matthew/11-12.htm

They "bear it away" seems to mean that they have been taking parts of it away with them.
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Thank you
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