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Stenka25 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

A sentence doesn’t seem right.

I’m listening “How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSYw502dJNY&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62zTfqc0h6Pe8vb

In the 05:04 (time passed), there’s a passage below. What I want to ask is (1.) whether the passage I wrote down is correct, and if that’s right, (2.) the subordinate clause starting with because doesn’t seem right. It seems to have ‘not’ after ‘is.’

Am I right?

05:04
But I'm not asking you to go symbol-hunting because reading is supposed to be some treasure map in which you discover symbols, write them down, and then get an A in class.
  

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) whether the passage I wrote down is correct, Yes, it is. ) the subordinate clause starting with because doesn’t seem right. '.

— Mister Micawber

  • ) whether the passage I wrote down is correct, Yes, it is.
  • ) the subordinate clause starting with because doesn’t seem right.
  • '.
  • What he is saying is that the truth is not because A, but because B (B is the text that follows your excerpted phrase, which is not the complete sentence).
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Stenka25 I want to ask is (1.) whether the passage I wrote down is correct,
Yes, it is.
Stenka25if that’s right, (2.) the subordinate clause starting with because doesn’t seem right. It seems to have ‘not’ after ‘is.’
No, there should be no 'not' (except the one at the beginning—'But I'm not asking...'. What he is saying is
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Thanks as always, Mister Micawber.
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