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Kunsusuki Posted 13 years ago
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"We are each of an unsocial ,taciturn disposition , unwilling to speak ,unless we expect to say something that amaze the whole room ,and be handed down to posterity with all eclat of proverb" i didn't get the meaning of the second part( from and be handed....) ,for the record it's an extract from Pride &Prejudice .
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It has been slightly mistyped. It should read like this: We are each of an unsocial , taciturn disposition , unwilling to speak , unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room , and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb. As well as the bolded words, note the spacing around commas.
- It has been slightly mistyped.
- It should read like this: We are each of an unsocial , taciturn disposition , unwilling to speak , unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room , and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
- As well as the bolded words, note the spacing around commas.
- There should be a space after a comma but not before.
- The last part is short for "something that will amaze the whole room, and that will be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb".
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It has been slightly mistyped. It should read like this:
We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
As well as the bolded words, note the spacing around commas. There should b
We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
As well as the bolded words, note the spacing around commas. There should b
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