Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The narrator recalls his childhood; now he is at a undertaker's place for his mother's sudden death.
Minnie is a daughter of the undertaker Mr. Omer.
Mr. Omer took off his broad-brimmed hat, and sat down and panted. He was so fat that he was obliged to pant some time before he cold say:
"That's right."
"Father!" said Minnie, playfully. "What a porpoise you do grow!"
"Well, I don't know how it is, my dear," he replied, considering about it. "I am rather so."
"You are such a comfortable man, you see," said Minnie.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if "so" is omitted after "how it is."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Minnie is a daughter of the undertaker Mr. Omer.
Mr. Omer took off his broad-brimmed hat, and sat down and panted. He was so fat that he was obliged to pant some time before he cold say:
"That's right."
"Father!" said Minnie, playfully. "What a porpoise you do grow!"
"Well, I don't know how it is, my dear," he replied, considering about it. "I am rather so."
"You are such a comfortable man, you see," said Minnie.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if "so" is omitted after "how it is."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" Yes, you might say that. I don't know how it is [so / like that / that I have grown so fat]. CJ
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park sang joonI'd like to know if "so" is omitted after "how it is."Yes, you might say that. I don't know how it is [so / like that / that I have grown so fat].
CJ
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