Hello
After a few weeks of battling with bishop’s weed I already see that I’m not going to win. But I’m not going to lose, either. Without going too deeply into political metaphor, I can see that there’s a big mess in my garden, which started underground and was already well advanced by the time it announced itself as a disaster. I certainly didn’t introduce this weed, but my job right now is to get down in the dirt and deal with what’s there — the stuff that is showing and the stuff that is still hidden underneath.
(The invasion of the garden snatcher, Boston Globe)
http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=ja&as_q=NYT&as_epq=and+was+already+well+advanced+by+the+time&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=off&as_filetype=&as_rights=
Can the 'was already well advanced' be replaced with 'already well advanced' (intransitive)?
Thank you
After a few weeks of battling with bishop’s weed I already see that I’m not going to win. But I’m not going to lose, either. Without going too deeply into political metaphor, I can see that there’s a big mess in my garden, which started underground and was already well advanced by the time it announced itself as a disaster. I certainly didn’t introduce this weed, but my job right now is to get down in the dirt and deal with what’s there — the stuff that is showing and the stuff that is still hidden underneath.
(The invasion of the garden snatcher, Boston Globe)
http://www.google.co.jp/search?hl=ja&as_q=NYT&as_epq=and+was+already+well+advanced+by+the+time&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=off&as_filetype=&as_rights=
Can the 'was already well advanced' be replaced with 'already well advanced' (intransitive)?
Thank you
