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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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- but merely suspended for the better part of a thousand years.
In short the Crusades were not won nor over - but merely suspended for the better part of a thousand years.
I'd like to know if "It has been" is implied before merely.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know if "It has been" is implied before merely.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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the Crusades were not won nor over but merely suspended...
- the Crusades were not won nor over but merely suspended...
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Ignore the m-dash to observe the sentence structure:
...the Crusades were not won nor over but merely suspended...
...the Crusades were not won nor over but merely suspended...
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Mister Micawberthe Crusades were not won nor over but merely suspended...the Crusades were (a) not won (b) nor (= and not) over but (c) merely suspended...
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