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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010Morrison: she ran scurrying into cupboards
Hello: "she ran scurrying into cupboards" what is the exact grammatical equivalent of his? Is it "she was scurrying into cupboards" or "she ran to the cupboards, in an agitated, confused manner?" --- [Hagar gets a farewell/"thank you" note from her cousin, Milkman, her former lover, and becomes hungry for his blood.] The "thank you" cut her to the quick, but it was not the reason she ran scurrying into cupboards looking for weapons. Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, p. 127 --- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks. > Marius Hancu Literally, it sounds like she was scurrying in the cupboards, which is impossible because most cupboards are too small for anything other than a mouse to scurry in. So I think 'scurrying' must apply to "running", although it would be more natural to say "She scurried to the cupboards". It's probably part of Morrison's style.  SignatureCheryl >> Hello: >> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > scurried to the cupboards". > It's probably part of Morrison's style. Yes. I read "into" as almost separate from the rest. She ran scurrying (in her agitation) to the cupboards and pushed into them in her search for weapons. > >> "she ran scurrying into cupboards" > >> what is the exact grammatical equivalent of his? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >> Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, p. 127 > >> --- > > Literally, it sounds like she was scurrying in the cupboards, which > > is impossible because most cupboards are too small for anything [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > scurrying (in her agitation) to the cupboards and pushed into them in > her search for weapons. I was in the same neighborhood:-) Thank you both. Marius Hancu |
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