There is a sentence in a book I read last night.Who could tell me wether there is sonething wrong in grammar in it? If not what does it means? Thanks.
The sentence is as follows :
I would as soon as die as disgrace myself.
2007-09-09 01:02:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yes, there is a mistake. The sentence reads: "I would as soon AS die..." The capitalized word should be deleted. The sentence then means the speaker would rather die than do something dishonest that would result in disgrace.
2007-09-09 01:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep theres something wrong. it actually doesnt make sense. there are two meanings i can draw from this sentence: i would die sooner than disgracing myself, or i would have disgraced myself the moment i die. no idea what it really means
2007-09-09 01:09:31 · answer #2 · answered by foim7045we 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is that your Dad being in California isn't suitable sufficient to apply a ironic conjunction like yet to the different sentence. "I choose he replaced into right here so as that he ought to help me repaid my vehicle."
2016-12-16 15:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's no problem with the sentence structure., comma is all you need
2007-09-09 01:07:40 · answer #4 · answered by haima p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second "as" is redundant.
2007-09-09 02:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by picador 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no comma
in other words he would prefer death before dishonour
2007-09-09 01:06:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋