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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Bootmaker
-You are in the habit of doing up your boots in a certain way. I see them on this occasion fastened with an elaborate double bow, which is not your usual method of tying them. You have, therefore, had them off. Who has tied them? A bootmaker— or the boy at the bath. It is unlikely that it is the bootmaker, since your boots are nearly new. Well, what remains? The bath. Absurd, is it not? But, for all that, the Turkish bath has served a purpose."
1. According to context, if the boots are old, not new, then a bootmaker has tied them. In English culture, why would a bootmaker tie boots that are not new?
2. Does SERVE A PURPOSE mean the bath was taken at an appropriate time?
Thank you.
1. According to context, if the boots are old, not new, then a bootmaker has tied them. In English culture, why would a bootmaker tie boots that are not new?
2. Does SERVE A PURPOSE mean the bath was taken at an appropriate time?
Thank you.
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Hello Otto. Sherlock Holmes is explaining to Dr Watson how he knows that Watson has had a Turkish bath. OttoJ 1.
- Hello Otto.
- Sherlock Holmes is explaining to Dr Watson how he knows that Watson has had a Turkish bath.
- OttoJ 1.
- According to context, if the boots are old, not new, then a bootmaker has tied them.
- In English culture, why would a bootmaker tie boots that are not new?
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Hello Otto.
Sherlock Holmes is explaining to Dr Watson how he knows that Watson has had a Turkish bath.
Sherlock Holmes is explaining to Dr Watson how he knows that Watson has had a Turkish bath.
OttoJ1. According to context, if the boots are old, not new, then a bootmaker has tied them. In English culture, why would a bootmaker tie boots that are not new?Because he had just repaired them and is putting them back on the feet of the customer.
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