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I am curious what is the exact meaning of the phrase "fast inside", as used in this sentence by D. H. Lawrence:
White savages, with motor-cars, telephones, incomes and ideals! Savages fast inside the machine; yet savage enough, ye gods!
Is "fast" actually an imperative verb?
meaning meaning-in-context imperative
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I am curious what is the exact meaning of the phrase "fast inside", as used in this sentence by D. H. Lawrence:
White savages, with motor-cars, telephones, incomes and ideals! Savages fast inside the machine; yet savage enough, ye gods!
Is "fast" actually an imperative verb?
meaning meaning-in-context imperative
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The verb would be fasten. As in fasten your seat belts, savages.
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I am curious what is the exact meaning of the phrase "fast inside", as used in this sentence by D. H. Lawrence:
White savages, with motor-cars, telephones, incomes and ideals! Savages fast inside the machine; yet savage enough, ye gods!
Is "fast" actually an imperative verb?
meaning meaning-in-context imperative
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I am curious what is the exact meaning of the phrase "fast inside", as used in this sentence by D. H. Lawrence:
White savages, with motor-cars, telephones, incomes and ideals! Savages fast inside the machine; yet savage enough, ye gods!
Is "fast" actually an imperative verb?
meaning meaning-in-context imperative
meaning meaning-in-context imperative
asked 2 hours ago
A. M.
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asked 2 hours ago
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asked 2 hours ago
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The verb would be fasten. As in fasten your seat belts, savages.
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The verb would be fasten. As in fasten your seat belts, savages.
– RegDwigýt♦
1 hour ago
The verb would be fasten. As in fasten your seat belts, savages.
– RegDwigýt♦
1 hour ago
The verb would be fasten. As in fasten your seat belts, savages.
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In this sentence, fast is not a verb, it's an adverb, qualifying “inside the machineâ€Â. There is no verb in the main clause, just like there is no verb in the previous sentence. You can add “they are†at the beginning of each sentence if you want to make a full grammatical sentence.
It means “firmly attached†or more generally “difficult to removeâ€Â. The Cambridge English Dictionary (meaning C2) gives the definition “firmly fixedâ€Â. Merriam-Webster (adverb meaning 1) gives the definition “in a firm or fixed mannerâ€Â. The adverb fast in this sense has the same etymology as the verb fasten. “Fastened†implies that there is a specific object (e.g. a rope, belt or bolt) whose purpose is to prevent movement. On the other hand, “fast†tends to mean that what prevents removal is some different physical process, or it can have a figurative meaning. An example of the concrete meaning (from CED) is:
The glue had set and my hand was stuck fast.
A common figurative meaning is the expression “fast asleep†(MW lists it as a separate meaning), which is a synonym of “sound asleepâ€Â: in a deep sleep, not easy woken up.
In Lawrence's sentence, the savages are “fast inside the machineâ€Â, meaning that they are in a world of machines and you can't take them apart from their machines. The use of the singular and the definite article for “the machine†(as opposed to “inside machinesâ€Â) conveys the imagery that the world that the white savages inhabit is a sort of giant machine. It's not that they are in a car and you can't get them out of it, but that they live in a machine world.
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They still say "it's fast" in Yorkshire when other English speakers would say "it's stuck".
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In this sentence, fast is not a verb, it's an adverb, qualifying “inside the machineâ€Â. There is no verb in the main clause, just like there is no verb in the previous sentence. You can add “they are†at the beginning of each sentence if you want to make a full grammatical sentence.
It means “firmly attached†or more generally “difficult to removeâ€Â. The Cambridge English Dictionary (meaning C2) gives the definition “firmly fixedâ€Â. Merriam-Webster (adverb meaning 1) gives the definition “in a firm or fixed mannerâ€Â. The adverb fast in this sense has the same etymology as the verb fasten. “Fastened†implies that there is a specific object (e.g. a rope, belt or bolt) whose purpose is to prevent movement. On the other hand, “fast†tends to mean that what prevents removal is some different physical process, or it can have a figurative meaning. An example of the concrete meaning (from CED) is:
The glue had set and my hand was stuck fast.
A common figurative meaning is the expression “fast asleep†(MW lists it as a separate meaning), which is a synonym of “sound asleepâ€Â: in a deep sleep, not easy woken up.
In Lawrence's sentence, the savages are “fast inside the machineâ€Â, meaning that they are in a world of machines and you can't take them apart from their machines. The use of the singular and the definite article for “the machine†(as opposed to “inside machinesâ€Â) conveys the imagery that the world that the white savages inhabit is a sort of giant machine. It's not that they are in a car and you can't get them out of it, but that they live in a machine world.
answered 1 hour ago
Gilles
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They still say "it's fast" in Yorkshire when other English speakers would say "it's stuck".
– Michael Harvey
46 mins ago
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In this sentence, fast is not a verb, it's an adverb, qualifying “inside the machineâ€Â. There is no verb in the main clause, just like there is no verb in the previous sentence. You can add “they are†at the beginning of each sentence if you want to make a full grammatical sentence.
It means “firmly attached†or more generally “difficult to removeâ€Â. The Cambridge English Dictionary (meaning C2) gives the definition “firmly fixedâ€Â. Merriam-Webster (adverb meaning 1) gives the definition “in a firm or fixed mannerâ€Â. The adverb fast in this sense has the same etymology as the verb fasten. “Fastened†implies that there is a specific object (e.g. a rope, belt or bolt) whose purpose is to prevent movement. On the other hand, “fast†tends to mean that what prevents removal is some different physical process, or it can have a figurative meaning. An example of the concrete meaning (from CED) is:
The glue had set and my hand was stuck fast.
A common figurative meaning is the expression “fast asleep†(MW lists it as a separate meaning), which is a synonym of “sound asleepâ€Â: in a deep sleep, not easy woken up.
In Lawrence's sentence, the savages are “fast inside the machineâ€Â, meaning that they are in a world of machines and you can't take them apart from their machines. The use of the singular and the definite article for “the machine†(as opposed to “inside machinesâ€Â) conveys the imagery that the world that the white savages inhabit is a sort of giant machine. It's not that they are in a car and you can't get them out of it, but that they live in a machine world.
answered 1 hour ago
Gilles
3,74862649
They still say "it's fast" in Yorkshire when other English speakers would say "it's stuck".
– Michael Harvey
46 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
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up vote
4
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In this sentence, fast is not a verb, it's an adverb, qualifying “inside the machineâ€Â. There is no verb in the main clause, just like there is no verb in the previous sentence. You can add “they are†at the beginning of each sentence if you want to make a full grammatical sentence.
It means “firmly attached†or more generally “difficult to removeâ€Â. The Cambridge English Dictionary (meaning C2) gives the definition “firmly fixedâ€Â. Merriam-Webster (adverb meaning 1) gives the definition “in a firm or fixed mannerâ€Â. The adverb fast in this sense has the same etymology as the verb fasten. “Fastened†implies that there is a specific object (e.g. a rope, belt or bolt) whose purpose is to prevent movement. On the other hand, “fast†tends to mean that what prevents removal is some different physical process, or it can have a figurative meaning. An example of the concrete meaning (from CED) is:
The glue had set and my hand was stuck fast.
A common figurative meaning is the expression “fast asleep†(MW lists it as a separate meaning), which is a synonym of “sound asleepâ€Â: in a deep sleep, not easy woken up.
In Lawrence's sentence, the savages are “fast inside the machineâ€Â, meaning that they are in a world of machines and you can't take them apart from their machines. The use of the singular and the definite article for “the machine†(as opposed to “inside machinesâ€Â) conveys the imagery that the world that the white savages inhabit is a sort of giant machine. It's not that they are in a car and you can't get them out of it, but that they live in a machine world.
answered 1 hour ago
Gilles
3,74862649
In this sentence, fast is not a verb, it's an adverb, qualifying “inside the machineâ€Â. There is no verb in the main clause, just like there is no verb in the previous sentence. You can add “they are†at the beginning of each sentence if you want to make a full grammatical sentence.
It means “firmly attached†or more generally “difficult to removeâ€Â. The Cambridge English Dictionary (meaning C2) gives the definition “firmly fixedâ€Â. Merriam-Webster (adverb meaning 1) gives the definition “in a firm or fixed mannerâ€Â. The adverb fast in this sense has the same etymology as the verb fasten. “Fastened†implies that there is a specific object (e.g. a rope, belt or bolt) whose purpose is to prevent movement. On the other hand, “fast†tends to mean that what prevents removal is some different physical process, or it can have a figurative meaning. An example of the concrete meaning (from CED) is:
The glue had set and my hand was stuck fast.
A common figurative meaning is the expression “fast asleep†(MW lists it as a separate meaning), which is a synonym of “sound asleepâ€Â: in a deep sleep, not easy woken up.
In Lawrence's sentence, the savages are “fast inside the machineâ€Â, meaning that they are in a world of machines and you can't take them apart from their machines. The use of the singular and the definite article for “the machine†(as opposed to “inside machinesâ€Â) conveys the imagery that the world that the white savages inhabit is a sort of giant machine. It's not that they are in a car and you can't get them out of it, but that they live in a machine world.
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answered 1 hour ago
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answered 1 hour ago
Gilles
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They still say "it's fast" in Yorkshire when other English speakers would say "it's stuck".
– Michael Harvey
46 mins ago
add a comment |Â
They still say "it's fast" in Yorkshire when other English speakers would say "it's stuck".
– Michael Harvey
46 mins ago
They still say "it's fast" in Yorkshire when other English speakers would say "it's stuck".
– Michael Harvey
46 mins ago
They still say "it's fast" in Yorkshire when other English speakers would say "it's stuck".
– Michael Harvey
46 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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The verb would be fasten. As in fasten your seat belts, savages.
– RegDwigýt♦
1 hour ago