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...Harvard graduation. The easiest reading of the new verse presents an obvious grammatical problem: “We join in thy jubilee throng,” is essentially saying “we come together at your jubilee.” This complete statement then leaves a lonely verb, “throng,” at the end of the verse: “We join in thy jubilee. [complete sentence, then…] ‘throng...
...object is in fact “throng” rather than “jubilee.” If this is true, these critics only have succeeded in crafting a grammatically correct, but awkward sentence as they change “throng” from a verb to a noun. I am not exactly sure what a “jubilee throng” is, jubilee being the adjective apparently, but I am sure they can convolute some meaning into the phrase if they needed to try that hard...
...Harvard graduation. The easiest reading of the new verse presents an obvious grammatical problem: “We join in thy jubilee throng,” is essentially saying “we come together at your jubilee.” This complete statement then leaves a lonely verb, “throng,” at the end of the verse: “We join in thy jubilee. [complete sentence, then…] ‘throng...
...object is in fact “throng” rather than “jubilee.” If this is true, these critics only have succeeded in crafting a grammatically correct, but awkward sentence as they change “throng” from a verb to a noun. I am not exactly sure what a “jubilee throng” is, jubilee being the adjective apparently, but I am sure they can convolute some meaning into the phrase if they needed to try that hard...
...original intention was to describe the grandiose nature of Commencement day, a jubilee towards which many a nervous student and proud parent throng. Any surveyor of the Yard on Commencement day would clearly realize that “throng” is a much more appropriate verb to describe the great masses crowding in for the historic ceremony. “Join” is a word more appropriate for the purchase of an online dating membership. When I graduate, I don’t want to merely “join” my classmates; with my brothers...