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Zuotengdazuo Posted 8 years ago
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Does this sentence mean she was already past girlhood?
She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: (Wurthering Heights)
Hi. Does this sentence mean she was already past girlhood?
Thank you.
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zuotengdazuo Does this sentence mean she was already past girlhood? No, she was 'slightly/just past girlhood'.
- zuotengdazuo Does this sentence mean she was already past girlhood?
- No, she was 'slightly/just past girlhood'.
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zuotengdazuoDoes this sentence mean she was already past girlhood?
No, she was 'slightly/just past girlhood'.
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she was scarcely past girlhood :means 'slightly past girlhood'. It states it as a fact.
apparently means 'it seemed that way, it appeared that way'. It makes it sound less like a fact, more like an opinion.
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