HSS Posted 19 years ago
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0 Could anyone please help me? This sentence is too long for me. 02 br
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00 "Louise hoped Peter's day had positively sucked, 01 font 00 for hadn't he ruined hers with his offhand comment 02 font 00 , and the possibility of his proving itself true, Peter's day sucking, didn't feel so very farfetched, for Louise guessed with the certainty of a champion that Peter wasn't getting laid any more than she was." 02 br
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00 This is about a woman, Louise, who divorced Peter, a high-visibility professor. I just don't see the functionality of the "for hadn't ... comment" clause. 02 br
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00 "Louise hoped Peter's day had positively sucked, 01 font 00 for hadn't he ruined hers with his offhand comment 02 font 00 , and the possibility of his proving itself true, Peter's day sucking, didn't feel so very farfetched, for Louise guessed with the certainty of a champion that Peter wasn't getting laid any more than she was." 02 br
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00 This is about a woman, Louise, who divorced Peter, a high-visibility professor. I just don't see the functionality of the "for hadn't ... comment" clause. 02 br
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0 This is a rhetorical question: 02 br 02 br 01 i 00 ... 01 b 00 for/because 02 b 00 02 i 01 font 01 i 00 hadn't he ruined hers with his offhand comment? 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 asking for confirmation from the reader.
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0 This is a rhetorical question: 02 br
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01 i 00 ... 01 b 00 for/because 02 b 00 02 i 01 font 01 i 00 hadn't he ruined hers with his offhand comment? 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 ... 01 b 00 for/because 02 b 00 02 i 01 font 01 i 00 hadn't he ruined hers with his offhand comment? 02 i 02 br
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00 asking for confirmation from the reader. 02 br
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0 Then doesn't the author need to place a question mark here, stop the sentence and pick it up with another? Wouldn't it be better? 02 br
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0 Oh, I see, Marius. 02 br
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00 I unknowingly omitted "in the moment" in the sentence. Normally "moment" is with "at." How would you say "in the moment"? Why "in"? 02 br
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00 " ... for Louise guessed with the certainty of a champion that Peter wasn't getting laid any more 01 font 00 in the moment 02 font 00 than she wa
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00 I unknowingly omitted "in the moment" in the sentence. Normally "moment" is with "at." How would you say "in the moment"? Why "in"? 02 br
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00 " ... for Louise guessed with the certainty of a champion that Peter wasn't getting laid any more 01 font 00 in the moment 02 font 00 than she wa
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