The usage of vocabulary!

[Pham Minh Son]

I have some sentence can't be explained. Please help me

1. There must be a large number of stars with planets which could support LIVING intelligent BEINGS in the universe

2. The police disturbed a gang of men who were breaking into a CHEMIST'S in Lynyord
What does CHEMIST'S mean?

3. Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a GREAT MANY people
GREAT and MANY are the same meaning = A Lot

4. She demanded she BE allowed to meet her son in prison
This sentence is subjuntive? When can I use this style?

5. Hard AS they tried, they succeed NOT in their scheme
This style is inversion?

I hope to reiceved your answers soon

Thanks!

[Chet Baker]

I have some sentence can't be explained. Please help me

1. There must be a large number of stars with planets which could support LIVING intelligent BEINGS in the universe

2. The police disturbed a gang of men who were breaking into a CHEMIST'S in Lynyord
What does CHEMIST'S mean?

3. Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a GREAT MANY people
GREAT and MANY are the same meaning = A Lot

4. She demanded she BE allowed to meet her son in prison
This sentence is subjuntive? When can I use this style?

5. Hard AS they tried, they succeed NOT in their scheme
This style is inversion?

I hope to reiceved your answers soon

Thanks!

Hello Pham Minh Son, Please let me try to explain. If any friends in EC think contrary, please submit a post and give me some comment. I hope you will find these useful. Thank you.

1. Living intelligent beings – these words should be read as a whole. The author may refer to “existing intelligent life form”.

2. Chemist’s may refer to “a chemist’s shop”, it also mean Pharmacy.

3. Great many also means many. It is idioms. Sometime, I can be “a good many” instead.

4. As subjunctive mood in English, please refer to this web-site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood. This web-site is very useful, thanks to unknownsu.

5. I don’t have any idea about this one. Sorry.

[shokin]

1. Being is here used as a noun, living as an adjective. A being (for example a human being) can be ded or living (alive).

2. Chemistry ? pharmacy. Were they searching for medics/drugs ? were they addicted ?

3. Great many people = very many people.

4. Don't you know the lyrics "I wanna know... if you be my girl." ? yes, read the good link that Chet Baker give us.

5. Despite they tried hard, they did not success in their scheme.

Shokin

[ProfessorVerb]

1. There must be a large number of stars with planets which could support LIVING intelligent BEINGS in the universe

"living" + "being" = organic and sentient (aware of themselves) life forms

2. The police disturbed a gang of men who were breaking into a CHEMIST'S in Lynyord
What does CHEMIST'S mean?

this is a pharmacy or drug store

3. Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a GREAT MANY people GREAT and MANY are the same meaning = A Lot

this is a redundant idiom

4. She demanded she BE allowed to meet her son in prison
This sentence is subjuntive? When can I use this style?

This is poor usage; a better approach would be the person's name, if known: Mary demand that she be allowed...

5. Hard AS they tried, they succeed NOT in their scheme
This style is inversion?

This sentence has some problems; it should read: "Hard as they tried, they succeeded not in their scheme." That is not a good sentence either, though. Better: "As hard as they tried, the failed in their scheme"; or, "As hard as they tried, the did not succeed in their scheme."

I hope that was the answer you needed.

--Professor Verb