Wealth be a good servant, a very bad mistress. 文法結構為何?
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平行對稱而正反義修辭
Wealth "is" a good servant. (positive)
Wealth "is" a very bad mistress. (negative)
用"be"是一種表達"客觀"的修辭。
省略第二句的"動詞"是"小學程度的文法認知吧"。
Wealth is a good servant, but a very bad master.
ie:-It's not good, but it's very bad.
ie:-but=conjunction =instead.
In this pattern there is subj+vt and a co-ordinate adverb phrase with "but" as conjunction20.
Money (wealth) is a good servant, but a very bad master.