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Cat fold 525 Posted 7 years ago
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As far as

He was thirsty too and he got down on his knees and, being careful not to jerk on the line, moved as far into the bow as he could get and reached the water bottle with one hand.

Hi, there. The excerpt above is derived from the book The Old Man and the Sea. And I have two questions.

1. Can I rewrite the words in bold to “... moved into the bow as far as he could get...”?

2. Why did the author put "into the bow" between "as far" and "as"?

  

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cat fold 525 1. Can I rewrite the words in bold to “... ”?

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cat fold 5251. Can I rewrite the words in bold to “... moved into the bow as far as he could get...”?

Yes.

cat fold 5252. Why did the author put "into the bow" between "as far" and "as"?

Because he was Hemingway. These are the choices that make you or break you. If you put the bow first, he has already moved, and t

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