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Pructus Posted 18 years ago
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Doris Lessing

"The point is neither of us were prepared to get married simply to give our children fathers." is from Doris Lessing's Golden Notebook.

This sentence mean that both of them got married for a purpose other than(or beyond) giving their children fathers?
  

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No, it means that NEITHER of them got married simply to provide a father for the children.

  • No, it means that NEITHER of them got married simply to provide a father for the children.
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No, it means that NEITHER of them got married simply to provide a father for the children.
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Hi,

"The point is neither of us were prepared to get married simply to give our children fathers." is from Doris Lessing's Golden Notebook.

This sentence mean that both of them got married for a purpose other than(or beyond) giving their children fathers?

Basically, yes.

It's not totally clear from the

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