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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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There is this passage from Kurt Vonnegut's book 'Breakfast of champions' that I don't quite understand:
'Milo came from behind his desk. He brought with him what appeared to be a lopsided old softball, swaddled in many different sorts of tape.<>...He held out the seeming baseball, which was actually a book from Rosewater's collection'.
How can a baseball be a book?
'Milo came from behind his desk. He brought with him what appeared to be a lopsided old softball, swaddled in many different sorts of tape.<>...He held out the seeming baseball, which was actually a book from Rosewater's collection'.
How can a baseball be a book?
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" The word "seeming" here is the key to understanding the phrase. " Milo was holding what looked like a baseball (what seemed to be a baseball) but it was actually a book that had been read many, many times.
- " The word "seeming" here is the key to understanding the phrase.
- " Milo was holding what looked like a baseball (what seemed to be a baseball) but it was actually a book that had been read many, many times.
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"He held out the seeming baseball..."
The word "seeming" here is the key to understanding the phrase. Seeming means "what looked like" or "what seemed to be."
Milo was holding what looked like a baseball (what seemed to be a baseball) but it was actually a book that had been read many, many times.
The word "seeming" here is the key to understanding the phrase. Seeming means "what looked like" or "what seemed to be."
Milo was holding what looked like a baseball (what seemed to be a baseball) but it was actually a book that had been read many, many times.
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Hi,
The passage does not say it is a baseball.
The writer uses words like 'appeared' and 'seeming'.
Clive
The passage does not say it is a baseball.
The writer uses words like 'appeared' and 'seeming'.
Clive
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