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It was like this. A's sister was founded in the shape of a cold corpse in her place where she cooked for herself.

2006-06-12 16:57:56 · 12 answers · asked by omazzri 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

12 answers

First remove "It was like this" because "it" has no antecedent. From the minimal context given, I'm guessing that it probably doesn't have an antecedent in the preceding sentence, in which case it is incorrect anyway. Many times we say "it" when what we really mean is the situation or the scene or something similar. We have simply grown accustomed to interpreting the subject implied by the pronoun that we substitute it in our writing without thinking about the fact that we haven't made the antecedent clear. Therefore, if I take your meaning rightly, a better way of saying the first sentence might be "The scene was" or "This was the situation:". Notice that in both of these I have made them the beginning of one sentence rather than keeping the two separated.

As for the second sentence, "was founded" means "to be established, originated, or started." I assume that "found" was meant here. The next phrase, "in the shape of a cold corpse" is difficult to analyze. What kind of shape does a cold corpse have? Does this imply that she is corpse shaped, that is human shaped? Does this imply that rigor has set in? Does this even imply that she is dead? Which of these possible interpretations is the phrase stressing? The ambiguity of this phrase leaves me having to choose one potential meaning over another without any other context to base a decision on. In this I'm disregarding "in the shape of" because it really doesn't make any sense and assuming that the meaning was that the girl was dead.
The phrase "in her place where she cooked for herself" is similarly difficult. Is the place a home, a restaurant kitchen, etc.? Did she cook there often or only once? Did she cook there only for herself or for others as well? "[H]er place" doesn't offer enough information to tell without more context.

Without more context, the best I can do is "When A's sister was found, the scene was thus: a cold corpse in the place where she had cooked for herself.

2006-06-12 23:31:39 · answer #1 · answered by Aine 2 · 2 2

It was like this: A's sister was found in the shape of a cold corpse, in the place where she cooked for herself.

2006-06-13 00:04:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A's sister was found in her place - in the shape of a cold corpse - where she cooked herself.

2006-06-13 00:14:42 · answer #3 · answered by Alice Lou 2 · 0 0

An apple a day to get all A's the shape of a cold case corpse was strategically placed in a cooking facililty known only to one.

2006-06-13 00:35:44 · answer #4 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0 0

A's sister was found in a cold corpse shape where she formerly cooked for herself.

2006-06-13 00:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Clara Isabella 5 · 0 0

A's sister was found in the shape of a cold corpse in her place, where she cooked for herself.

or

The cold corpse of A's sister was foung in her home, where she cooked for herself.

2006-06-13 00:01:19 · answer #6 · answered by Rakesh A 4 · 0 0

Thats a terrible sentence! Yuck!
Try this

A's sister's frozen body was found standing in the kitchen where she often cooked.

2006-06-13 00:14:51 · answer #7 · answered by neona807 5 · 0 0

A'S SISTER WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE SHAPE OF A COLD CORPSE ( DEAD BODY) ,IN HER PLACE,WHERE SHE COOKED FOR HERSELF.

2006-06-13 00:12:09 · answer #8 · answered by gkakkasseri 4 · 0 0

A's founded cold for all wrong

2006-06-13 00:05:57 · answer #9 · answered by Sharon S 4 · 0 0

A's sister was found lying dead on the kitchen floor of her apartment.

2006-06-13 07:14:15 · answer #10 · answered by badsuzee 1 · 0 0

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