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I was reading English news paper & I came across one word Feet Floating, What does it mean?

I googled but I didn't understand

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    Read the two words separately, it's not a phrase: "... with turned feet", "floating over". - HTH.
    – Kris
    Aug 27, 2018 at 10:19
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    The question is based on incorrect parsing.
    – Kris
    Aug 27, 2018 at 10:20
  • oh! Thank you for correcting me. Than what does it mean Floating Over?
    – r15
    Aug 27, 2018 at 10:22
  • Try insert "that is" between "feet" and "floating" that might help you understand. Also, floating means to be suspended in air in this case, floating over would mean suspended above a parapet. You could also think of floating over a parapet as "hovering over a parapet".
    – Zebrafish
    Aug 27, 2018 at 10:26
  • @Zebrafish- Now somewhat clear. Floating over parapet mean touching to parapet or there is space b/w parapet & feet? or it mean walking on parapet?
    – r15
    Aug 27, 2018 at 10:39

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Reading correction to be done:

Sure, an apparition with turned feet, floating over a parapet and humming may be an unusual sight, but completely harmless.

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  • If you don't mind, Could you please tell meaning of humming & unusual sight. I mean meaning of this line humming may be an unusual sight
    – r15
    Aug 27, 2018 at 11:49
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    @Arvindraja - Do you understand the meaning of "apparition"? This is a "ghost" or "spirit", and it is apt to do strange & mystical things. (Please consult a dictionary.)
    – Hot Licks
    Aug 27, 2018 at 11:53
  • The meaning in this context describes a ghost humming a tune, which is considered to occur not very often. It simply means to say that the scene of a ghost/apparition humming is not a normal occurrence.
    – Zincha
    Aug 27, 2018 at 11:55
  • Thnk you. Actually I am want to ask you, Humming means song or tune, than how someone(ghost) can hum an unusual sight(scene). I want to say ghost can hum an unusual song(not sight). Hope you understand
    – r15
    Aug 27, 2018 at 12:01
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    An apparition ... may be an unusual sight. The rest describes the apparition. The apparition is humming. We are not told what it is humming. In particular, this does not mean it is humming an unusual sight.
    – GEdgar
    Aug 27, 2018 at 12:13

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