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Thu 28 May, 2015 08:46 am
(1) I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space.
(2) I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself as king of infinite space.
Google search shows that more than 110,000 hits for (1) and only 3 hits for (2).
(1) is obviously correct. But I feel (2), in which "as king" is a substitute for "a king", the expression "as king" sound more ambitious and better. Besides, the grammar of "as king" is okay as well.
What do you think?
@oristarA,
Ori I agree
You might consider deleting the comma, a trend nowadays except....
I might've said "bound"
@dalehileman,
Long time no see, Dale.
(BTW, do you think "long time no see" is proper English? Should it be "I haven't seen you for a while"?)
@oristarA,
Are you trying to make this sound like natural English or like a translation?
@oristarA,
(1) is correct.
It's the way Shakespeare wrote it and reflects his intention.
You've got to look at the way words were used in his day, not the way we use them now.
@ehBeth,
ehBeth wrote:
(1) is correct.
It's the way Shakespeare wrote it and reflects his intention.
You've got to look at the way words were used in his day, not the way we use them now.
I knew Shakespeare wrote it.
Is (2) better by today's standard?
@oristarA,
(2) is not better
it means something different that doesn't fit into the context of the scene
@ehBeth,
Would you like to explain what is the difference in detail?
@oristarA,
Quote:Long time no see, Dale.
Haven't visited as much lately but then you haven't been around so much either
Quote:(BTW, do you think "long time no see" is proper English?
Common collo
Incidentally Ori "a king" might imply there are others
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:
Quote:Long time no see, Dale.
Haven't visited as much lately but then you haven't been around so much either
Quote:(BTW, do you think "long time no see" is proper English?
Common collo
Looks like that this collo originated in China?
dalehileman wrote:
Incidentally Ori "a king" might imply there are others
That's it. That is why I said "as king" sounds more ambitious. But whether it sounds better, I dunno.
@oristarA,
Quote:Looks like that this collo originated in China?
No, Ori, it was Katmandhu, there's not question about it
Quote:But whether it sounds better, I dunno
Oh I do, it does
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