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Sdasd tont Posted 10 years ago
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A Reading Problem of Some Do Not
I am reading Ford Madox Ford's book Some Do Not ...
As an non-native English reader, here is a part which I hardly understand.
The two young men — they were of the English public official class — sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage. The leather straps to the windows were of virgin newness; the mirrors beneath the new luggage racks immaculate as if they had reflected very little; the bulging upholstery in its luxuriant, regulated curves was scarlet and yellow in an intricate, minute dragon pattern, the design of a geometrician in Cologne. The compartment smelt faintly, hygienically of admirable varnish; the train ran as smoothly — Tietjens remembered thinking — as British gilt-edged securities. It travelled fast; yet had it swayed or jolted over the rail joints, except at the curve before Tonbridge or over the points at Ashford where these eccentricities are expected and allowed for, Macmaster, Tietjens felt certain, would have written to the company. Perhaps he would even have written to The Times.
(1)what does this mean, especially, the underlined sentence?
(2)Dose it mean Macmaster can't have his writing finished due to these eccentricities?
(3)Which is the subject in bold sentence above?
As an non-native English reader, here is a part which I hardly understand.
The two young men — they were of the English public official class — sat in the perfectly appointed railway carriage. The leather straps to the windows were of virgin newness; the mirrors beneath the new luggage racks immaculate as if they had reflected very little; the bulging upholstery in its luxuriant, regulated curves was scarlet and yellow in an intricate, minute dragon pattern, the design of a geometrician in Cologne. The compartment smelt faintly, hygienically of admirable varnish; the train ran as smoothly — Tietjens remembered thinking — as British gilt-edged securities. It travelled fast; yet had it swayed or jolted over the rail joints, except at the curve before Tonbridge or over the points at Ashford where these eccentricities are expected and allowed for, Macmaster, Tietjens felt certain, would have written to the company. Perhaps he would even have written to The Times.
(1)what does this mean, especially, the underlined sentence?
(2)Dose it mean Macmaster can't have his writing finished due to these eccentricities?
(3)Which is the subject in bold sentence above?
Top answer
sdasd tont . It travelled fast; "It" refers to the train. The men were on a trip, riding on a train.
- sdasd tont .
- It travelled fast; "It" refers to the train.
- The men were on a trip, riding on a train.
- The car is very fancy.
- sdasd tont yet had it swayed or jolted over the rail joints, The inversion is an alternative of the conditional.
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sdasd tont. It travelled fast;"It" refers to the train. The men were on a trip, riding on a train. The car is very fancy.
sdasd tontyet had it swayed or jolted over the rail joints,The inversion is an alternative of the conditional.
If it had swayed or jolted over the rail joints....
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