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Jeebo

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13. You have pointed out that "starving artists" is ambiguous.

Sun Feb 2, 2025, 09:49 PM

Feb 2

The term has two possible meanings, but I think the context, and the usual intended meaning of the term, make it clear.

This discussion is putting images in my mind from one of my favorite old movies, "The Life of Emile Zola", which won Best Picture of 1937, by the way. The title character and his Paris roommate Paul Gaugin were both starving artists in the early scenes of the movie, before Zola started having success as an author.

This discussion also reminds me of the Puccini opera "La Boheme", which portrays the lives of characters in a similar situation.

— Ron

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Need help with explaining the grammar of a sentence [View all] SupportSanity Feb 2 OP

Starving artists are artists who are starving. Hope that helps! dchill Feb 2 #1

Well... some_of_us_are_sane Feb 2 #2

If "starving artists" means the act of causing artists to go hungry, Ocelot II Feb 2 #3

I can diagram the sentence for you but not online. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 #4

diagram would be great SupportSanity Feb 2 #5

I think I might have it. Can anyone confirm? Thanks. SupportSanity Feb 2 #6

It's a claudette Feb 2 #8

Yes. I got it. Gerund it is. "starving" as a gerund . Thanks. nt SupportSanity Feb 2 #9

I think claudette Feb 2 #7

You sure it's not artists who starve people? Iggo Feb 2 #10

Just a minute, Andy. Just a goddarned minute. GreenWave Feb 2 #11

There are two ways to look at ... SupportSanity Feb 2 #12

You have pointed out that "starving artists" is ambiguous. Jeebo Feb 2 #13