by perspicacia2 21 Replies latest jw friends
Hallo and thanks for your answer.
I just need to know what do you think when you read this statement :All night I make my bed swim
Which is the meaning for a English reader ?
wait your answer!
thanks
PS
I mean the first-hit meaning
Edited by - perspicacia2 on 3 July 2002 18:58:29
<<The bed is swimming>> is grammatically correct present tense, but it makes no sense, as beds do not swim. People swim, fish swim, but beds dont swim!
Swimming could be used like an adjective as in: <<The bed was swimming in books and papers.>> This would mean that the bed was covered in books and papers. But for this usage to work, you must say what the bed is swimming in. (ie, books and papers)
The way you have it written, leaves too much of your idea to the readers imagination. A person cant be sure what you mean, and they might guess and be wrong!
Also, <<The bed is swam>> is wrong past tense. It should be <<The bed swam.>>, but again, that does not make any sense because beds don't swim!
You also said,
<<I just need to know what do you think when you read this statement :All night I make my bed swim>>
To me, it sounds like all night you make your bed wet! But beds dont swim! So we must guess what it means, and it will mean different things to different people who are just guessing!
Hope this helps!
-LisaBObeesa
flexing her grammatical muscles (aka mosquito bites)
All night I make my bed swim
Grammatically what you are saying is
all during the night I make my bed swim.
all the night make I my bed to swim
The sense changes here to mean
all through the night I make my bed so that I can swim
The syntax here is very poor unless you are trying to be poetic in which case punctuation might help
all the night,
make I,
my bed
to swim
This would also be better if the order were changed to
all the night I make my bed, to swim
but it still is not grammatically correct.
Now if I knew what you were trying to say it would help a lot.
My first gut reaction is that it makes no sense what-so-ever..
Sorry, I don't understand how a bed can swim...
Thank you all !!!!!
Please check KJV Psalm 6:6
good night (in Italy is midnight!)
It doesnt make sense but, how about feeding it through my infinate imaginationary interpolation drive?
It came out with this: "Throughout the night as I slept, a million things were swimming through my mind".
ooh..Ballistic, maybe you got it!!
Edited by - LisaBOBeesa on 3 July 2002 19:36:41
The infinate imaginationary interpolation drive is just my brain after a mere 3 beers, but is quite often right!!!
perspicacia2,
OK, I read it. I see now what it means...Now tell us what this thread was REALLY about.
Poor Ballistic seems to have been wrong, but I still like that answer!
--LisaBObeesa
That's a very interesting Psalm you are using, my friend.
Are you trying to tell me that something is upsetting you?
Feel free to send me a private email anytime if you need someone to talk to...
Or are you stating that the KJV is a little hard to read. I agree with you, it is difficult to read, I personally use the NIV.
Oh, and with the entire Psalm in context, with the surrounding verses, I was able to figure out what it meant (even the KJV) from the context.. Granted, very poorly worded, but none-the-less, easy to figure out when you put it in context.
Edited by - itsjustlittleoldme on 3 July 2002 20:10:55
