Fly uninvited
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To reword the sentence, dittoso:
"They fly into our rooms, unwanted, on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows."
Probably insects or mosquitoes, right? They are pests--unwanted and uninvited.
Uninvited is a participle which can be used as an adjective.
"They fly into our rooms, unwanted, on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows."
Probably insects or mosquitoes, right? They are pests--unwanted and uninvited.
Uninvited is a participle which can be used as an adjective.
Hello, dittoso. Welcome to the forum.
Where did you find this sentence? Did you read it somewhere? If you did, you should tell us the title of the book or newspaper and the author's name. That is what we call "naming your source". Thank you.
Placing the adjective "uninvited" after the verb "fly" gives the adjective special emphasis. "Uninvited" modifies the pronoun "they".
Where did you find this sentence? Did you read it somewhere? If you did, you should tell us the title of the book or newspaper and the author's name. That is what we call "naming your source". Thank you.
Placing the adjective "uninvited" after the verb "fly" gives the adjective special emphasis. "Uninvited" modifies the pronoun "they".
Hullo.
As Owl says, "uninvited" modifies the pronoun "they". Perhaps the following alternative might suit you better:
"Uninvited, they fly into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows."
GS
As Owl says, "uninvited" modifies the pronoun "they". Perhaps the following alternative might suit you better:
"Uninvited, they fly into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows."
GS
In the phrase "they fly uninvited" I lean more towards interpreting uninvited as an adverb, not an adjective, though it could be either. They are uninvited (adj: they lack an invitation), they enter uninvited (adv: they enter without an invitation).
No, Dittoso, I'm afraid you couldn't.sorry,I still can't understand ~
Could I say like this:
Uninvitely(adv),they fly into our rooms on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows."
This has nothing to do with their manner of flight: they fly in the same way whether you invite them or don't invite them.
Yes, they are uninvited, and they fly erratically or swiftly or aimlessly. 'Uninvited' isn't the way they fly, so it shouldn't be turned into an adverb.
Hi Dittoso
Perhaps you can understand that 'uninvited' as meaning 'being uninvited' or 'although being uninvited'. That past participle has a function similar to 'surrounded' in the sentence ''surrounded by the enemies, he had to fight for his life'' (being surrounded...).
Perhaps you can understand that 'uninvited' as meaning 'being uninvited' or 'although being uninvited'. That past participle has a function similar to 'surrounded' in the sentence ''surrounded by the enemies, he had to fight for his life'' (being surrounded...).