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Guzhao67 Posted 14 years ago
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A sentence from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
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the following paragraph was taken from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, I don't understand the use of "does", why use present tense here? what's the informational meaning, in contrast to "did"? Thank you very much.
Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian. But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
the following paragraph was taken from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, I don't understand the use of "does", why use present tense here? what's the informational meaning, in contrast to "did"? Thank you very much.
Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian. But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
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guzhao67 But nobody did come, because nobody does I'll rephrase it but please understand that the original has a kind of poetry to it that can't be captured in any other wording: But nobody did come along, because nobody ever comes along.
- guzhao67 But nobody did come, because nobody does I'll rephrase it but please understand that the original has a kind of poetry to it that can't be captured in any other wording: But nobody did come along, because nobody ever comes along.
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guzhao67But nobody did come, because nobody doesI'll rephrase it but please understand that the original has a kind of poetry to it that can't be captured in any other wording:
But nobody did come along, because nobody ever comes along.
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