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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Failed to get "Til go back to Nanking if they'll sink their differences"
Does "Til go back to Nanking if they'll sink their differences" mean "Until go back to Nanking, whether or not they will sink their differences"?
Context:
Personalities on the Chinese Scene 113
looking askance at Chiang Kai-shek's government. Later he
went to Nanking and was given a post, and then disgruntled
retired to the famous sacred mountain of T'ai Shan in Shantung
Province. Philip Fugh and I called on him once there. He was
reading an old classic and practicing his well-known calligraphy.
Til go back to Nanking if they'll sink their differences/' he said
emphatically. 'Til do anything, I'll take the highest position or
the humblest if they will only fight Japan/'
More:
http://www.archive.org/stream/fiftyyearsinchin012639mbp/fiftyyearsinchin012639mbp_djvu.txt
Context:
Personalities on the Chinese Scene 113
looking askance at Chiang Kai-shek's government. Later he
went to Nanking and was given a post, and then disgruntled
retired to the famous sacred mountain of T'ai Shan in Shantung
Province. Philip Fugh and I called on him once there. He was
reading an old classic and practicing his well-known calligraphy.
Til go back to Nanking if they'll sink their differences/' he said
emphatically. 'Til do anything, I'll take the highest position or
the humblest if they will only fight Japan/'
More:
http://www.archive.org/stream/fiftyyearsinchin012639mbp/fiftyyearsinchin012639mbp_djvu.txt
Top answer
It makes no sense as written. Presumably "Til" is a typo (or more likely scanno) for "I'll".
- It makes no sense as written.
- Presumably "Til" is a typo (or more likely scanno) for "I'll".
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It makes no sense as written. Presumably "Til" is a typo (or more likely scanno) for "I'll".
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