The Sloppyvs.The Neat
Sloppy people tend not to actually be sloppy.
Their sloppiness is merely the unfortunate consequence of an extreme moral principle they follow.
In sloppy people’s minds, they hold a vision that is too perfect to be achieved in this world or
the next.
the next.
They save everything, planning to file, order, and organize the world someday.
For instance, they have a plan to arrange all
their books in order of the alphabet and to organize everything on the surface of their desks.
their books in order of the alphabet and to organize everything on the surface of their desks.
But while
these ambitious plans take clearer and clearer shape
in their heads, the books spill from the shelves onto
the floor, and the surface of their desk becomes
buried under mounds of paper.
these ambitious plans take clearer and clearer shape
in their heads, the books spill from the shelves onto
the floor, and the surface of their desk becomes
buried under mounds of paper.
They can’t
bear to part with anything.
bear to part with anything.
Their sloppiness is merely the unfortunate consequence of an extreme moral principle they follow.
선행사 an extreme moral principle과 they 사이에 목적격 관계대명사 that이 생략되었다.
In sloppy people’s minds, they hold a vision that is too perfect to be achieved in this world or the next.
too ~ to ...는 ‘∙∙∙하기에는 너무 ~한’, ‘너무 ~해서 ∙∙∙할 수 없는’이라는 뜻이다.
They save everything, planning to file, order, and organize the world someday.
planning 이하는 They를 의미상의 주어로 하는 동시 동작을 나타내는 분사구문이다.