Back - how far it governs
Hello...
I'd like some help with the sentence below...
She led the way back through the shrubs, around the trees, to the clearing.
How far the "back" governs?
A. Does it govern the whole part after the "back"?
So, it means that she went through the shrubs, around the trees, to the clearing and then...
She led the way back through the shrubs, around the trees, to the clearing?
Or....
B. Does the "back" governs only "through the shrubs"?
So it means that she went through the shrubs and then she led the way back through the shrubs..
and then she went the trees, to the clearing?
Or...
C. We cannot be sure and it is decided by the context?
Top answer
When you use the word "back" like this, it generally means you return by the way you came. That is, if you got to your present location by going from the clearing, around the trees, and through the shrubs, then the way back is through the shrubs, around the trees, and to the clearing.
- When you use the word "back" like this, it generally means you return by the way you came.
- That is, if you got to your present location by going from the clearing, around the trees, and through the shrubs, then the way back is through the shrubs, around the trees, and to the clearing.
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When you use the word "back" like this, it generally means you return by the way you came. That is, if you got to your present location by going from the clearing, around the trees, and through the shrubs, then the way back is through the shrubs, around the trees, and to the clearing.
0pructusthrough the shrubs, around the trees, to the clearing
This describes the whole path.
pructusShe led the way
She led somebody along the path indicated above - - -
pructusback
- - - The path was the same path that had been followed earlier, but in the opposite direct
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