And if so, I'm curious as to what that difference is. Grammatical rules that apply to units larger than a word apply only to constituents. The psych predicate adjective be puzzled can take a number of complements, including tensed that- and wh -clauses. There is also a Passive construction like most psych predicates, which often come originally from passive participles , which allows a by -agent.
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Grammar Thesaurus. Word Lists. Choose your language. My word lists. Tell us about this example sentence:. The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. It is admitted that Greeks, Romans, Aryans of India in the age of the Sanskrit commentators, Egyptians of the Ptolemaic and earlier ages, were as much puzzled as we are by the mythical adventures of their gods. He seemed puzzled , dark brows drawing together in the finely sculpted face.
Prior to my years in Saudi Arabia, I had been puzzled by the vehemence of the traditional ulema 's hostility to Wahhabism. One of his earliest publications gave the complete theory and formulae of the phenomenon known as Brownian motion, which had puzzled physicists for nearly 80 years. According to his own testimony he arrived at the university " with a stock of information which might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy might be ashamed.
I remember she asked me if I liked little Pearl, and explained some of the words that had puzzled me. For several years, critics of Britain 's private finance initiative have been puzzled by its extraordinary resilience. His touching soliloquy at the end showed a man still puzzled by his continuing inability to ever see anything more than the facts. Puzzled , she concentrated on two more sources of magic. She watched him go, admiring and puzzled. Puzzled , she studied her finger, not understanding what was cutting it.
I think, she said, puzzled. I thought the Immortals said they only get one mate, Deidre started, puzzled. This appearance puzzled the older observers, who were led thereby to give the name" wheel-bearers "to the group, until the true character of ciliary motion was recognized; for a wheel cannot be i i organic continuity with the support on which it rotates..
Taken by surprise, puzzled by the comparative silence of their own guns and blinded by the mist, the troops of the 10th Div. In he was appointed vicar at Kirchenlarnitz, where his fervent evangelical preaching attracted large congregations and puzzled the ecclesiastical authorities. But, on the whole, the religious sentiment strives to transcend the mythical conceptions of the gods, and is shocked and puzzled by the mythical narratives.
He's really puzzled why the lights were turned off. She picked up her book and walked past the female Guardian, who watched her go, puzzled. Lana started forward again and circled the transport, puzzled by the mix of uniforms. Rhyn glanced from the rolling teal waves to his mate. Her words about Gabe were troubling, and he couldn't determine if she was purposely vague or really didn't know. Her pretty face was puzzled , and he frowned. She was beyond tired. Whatever was happening to her in the underworld, it wasn't good.
Anger filled him. As much as he wanted to stay in the dream world in case it really was the last time he saw her, he couldn't help her while stuck in the dream. The soliloquy at the end showed a man still puzzled by his continuing inability to ever see anything more than the facts.
He looked a bit puzzled as to where his healing potion had gone but just shrugged the thought away. For several years, critics of Britain's private finance initiative have been puzzled by its extraordinary resilience. I was a little puzzled to start with, then I felt deeply hurt by the obvious snub.
But Miss Sullivan shook her head, and I was greatly puzzled and disappointed. It was the first Christmas tree she had ever seen, and she was puzzled , and asked many questions.
The adjutant looked at Pierre as if puzzled what to do with him now. Doctors have always been puzzled by why some people develop heart disease while others with identical HDL and LDL levels do not. I'm just puzzled why he hasn't made any moves to get to know me. Audrina Patridge, who recently left The Hills, has said that she's puzzled over Montag's desire to change herself so dramatically, and thinks it's all "a bit much. In fact, when members of the Enterprise crew tell alien races where they are from, many respond with puzzled looks and say "Earth?
His face was a road map of emotion, traveling from puzzled , to comprehensive and then on to frustration. Hannah appeared puzzled by the invitation but smiled when Rhyn turned to her. Her words about Gabe were troubling, and he couldn't determine if she was purposely vague or really didn't know; her pretty face was puzzled , and he frowned.
Puzzled , he pulled the drive free of his PDA and reinserted it. The single file within was still empty. Kris tossed it on a table. She sat down to read, growing more puzzled as she did. The new essays in this volume were mostly critical, but one of them, in which perhaps his guessing talent is seen at its best, "The Divisions of the Irish Family," is an elaborate discussion of a problem which has long puzzled both Celtic scholars and jurists; and in another, "On the Classificatory System of Relationship," he propounded a new explanation of a series of facts which, he thought, might throw light upon the early history of society, at the same time putting to the test of those facts the theories he had set forth in Primitive Marriage.
If, however, we defined the strength of the source by the statement that the strength divided 1 The beginner is often puzzled by the constant appearance of the factor 47r in electrical theorems.
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