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Deeply carved stars and spirals
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A mossy cobblestone path meandered through patches of green and gray foliage, while surrounding the herbs, more familiar blossoms of rainbow hues nodded gently in the rose-scented breeze. A wooden bucket swung in the stone well, which was amply guarded against contamination by the deeply carved stars and spirals surrounding it.
Does it say that when the path was surrounding the herbs the more familiar blossoms appeared and they nodded gently in the breeze?
I'm wondering whether the author is talking about the stars in the sky or maybe there were some stars carved on the stone wall of the well and there were some spirals around these stars?
A mossy cobblestone path meandered through patches of green and gray foliage, while surrounding the herbs, more familiar blossoms of rainbow hues nodded gently in the rose-scented breeze. A wooden bucket swung in the stone well, which was amply guarded against contamination by the deeply carved stars and spirals surrounding it.
Does it say that when the path was surrounding the herbs the more familiar blossoms appeared and they nodded gently in the breeze?
I'm wondering whether the author is talking about the stars in the sky or maybe there were some stars carved on the stone wall of the well and there were some spirals around these stars?
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The first sentence is ungrammatical. That is why you cannot figure out what the author has written. I can't either.
- The first sentence is ungrammatical.
- That is why you cannot figure out what the author has written.
- I can't either.
- In the second, 'it' does not have a clear antecedent, it could be "the well" (closest), but that does not make sense.
- " The well (the walls of the well surrounded the bucket) was made of stone engraved with spirals and stars, and somehow this protected the bucket from contamination.
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The first sentence is ungrammatical. That is why you cannot figure out what the author has written. I can't either.
In the second, 'it' does not have a clear antecedent, it could be "the well" (closest), but that does not make sense. So I assume "it" means "the bucket." The well (the walls of the well surrounded the bucket) was made of stone engraved with spirals and stars, and somehow t
In the second, 'it' does not have a clear antecedent, it could be "the well" (closest), but that does not make sense. So I assume "it" means "the bucket." The well (the walls of the well surrounded the bucket) was made of stone engraved with spirals and stars, and somehow t
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