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Question

“then she raised on him eyes of such despairing dearness that he half-released her waist from his hold. But suddenly her look changed and deepened inscrutably.”
except from “The Age of Innocence. currently reading this book.im a little confused about "she raised on him eye"it seems like a grammar error or a typo,but its not ,because its original. Can anyone explain to me how to make sense of it grammatically?

Answer 1

As far as this sentence is concerned, there's no serious grammatical issue here. Personnaly, I think it is a matter of emphasis; the writer wants to accentuate more on 'him' rather than 'eyes of such despairing dearness'; besides, the writer may feel it's not a very idea to put the 'him' with the 'he' and 'his' at the end of the sentence. (...........dearness on him that he half-released her waist from his hold.)

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

ok , perhaps the more grammatically proper version shoud be : she raised eyes of such despairing dearness on him that he half-released her waist from his hold.
;追问

which means it is an inverted sentence。 isn't it?

追答

but you know i dont think it is an inverted sentence. actually the main structure is " she raised eyes on him". here, of such despairing dearness" acts as the modyfier of the eyes.