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Sitifan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Antecedent
When one has experienced love -- the true love -- what isthere in the world that seems more than a mere ghost of joy? (G. Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London)
That is a relative pronoun. What is its antecedent? What does the above sentence mean?
That is a relative pronoun. What is its antecedent? What does the above sentence mean?
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Its antecedent would be the thing he is asking about, the "what is there" thing. It has not been named. The passage could mean that when one has experienced love then everything else fades in comparison, what ever other joys one has experienced are but a ghost, a flimsy memory, compared to experiencing love.
- Its antecedent would be the thing he is asking about, the "what is there" thing.
- It has not been named.
- The passage could mean that when one has experienced love then everything else fades in comparison, what ever other joys one has experienced are but a ghost, a flimsy memory, compared to experiencing love.
- cheers Jeannie1
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Its antecedent would be the thing he is asking about, the "what is there" thing. It has not been named.
The passage could mean that when one has experienced love then everything else fades in comparison, what ever other joys one has experienced are but a ghost, a flimsy memory, compared to experiencing love.
cheers
Jeannie1
The passage could mean that when one has experienced love then everything else fades in comparison, what ever other joys one has experienced are but a ghost, a flimsy memory, compared to experiencing love.
cheers
Jeannie1
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