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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Much too burdensome

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what is the structure of this sentence:

To be an authority is much too "burdensome an existence" for a humorist.

in this sentence, we have adj+an+noun (in quotation mark)

what is the exact meaning of this sentence?

the meaning is "the most burdensome experience in humorist's life is being author"?

  

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"much too burdensome an existence" = an existence that is much too burdensome. "(much) too X a Y", where X is an adjective and Y a noun, is a set pattern in English. anonymous To be an authority is much too "burdensome an existence" for a humorist.

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"much too burdensome an existence" = an existence that is much too burdensome.

"(much) too X a Y", where X is an adjective and Y a noun, is a set pattern in English.

anonymousTo be an authority is much too "burdensome an existence" for a humorist.

I believe that you have used quotation marks to highlight a phrase in the sentence that you wish to