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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

don't you two read?

"Light?" said Ron, but Hermione told him to be quiet until she'd looked something up, and started flicking frantically through the pages, muttering to herself.
At last she found what she was looking for.
"I knew it! I knew it!"
"Are we allowed to speak yet?" said Ron grumpily. Hermione ignored him.
"Nicolas Flamel," she whispered dramatically, "is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone!"
This didn't have quite the effect she'd expected.
"The what?" said Harry and Ron.
"Oh, honestly, don't you two read? Look - read that, there."

What’s the meaning of the yellow block? I guess it seems to imply “can’t you two read?” or “Don’t you two have the ability to read?” Does the sentence imply the meaning I’m guessing?
  

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” Does the sentence imply the meaning I’m guessing? It doesn't imply that; the statement indicates that she presumes that they can read, so she offers the text for them to read themselves, since they do't seem to believe what she said.

— Mister Micawber

  • ” Does the sentence imply the meaning I’m guessing?
  • It doesn't imply that; the statement indicates that she presumes that they can read, so she offers the text for them to read themselves, since they do't seem to believe what she said.
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eipjoo I guess it seems to imply “can’t you two read?” or “Don’t you two have the ability to read?” Does the sentence imply the meaning I’m guessing?
It doesn't imply that; the statement indicates that she presumes that they can read, so she offers the text for them to read themselves, since they do't seem to believe what she said.
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Mister Micawberso she offers the text for them to read themselves
So it's like "why don't you..," isn't it?
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