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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Dear native teachers
What do 'like' and 'far back' mean respectively?
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Dear native teachers
What do 'like' and 'far back' mean respectively?
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) like is a continuation of the description, adding 'unfriendly' to the previously mentioned 'odd'.
- ) like is a continuation of the description, adding 'unfriendly' to the previously mentioned 'odd'.
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far back means "as long ago" (it might seem odd to use 'far' for a time reference, but it's good.)
like is a continuation of the description, adding 'unfriendly' to the previously mentioned 'odd'.
like is a continuation of the description, adding 'unfriendly' to the previously mentioned 'odd'.
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Thank you so much. However what does 'as long ago' mean in the context?
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contrapositionThank you so much. However what does 'as long ago' mean in the context?The pattern is "as ... as ...", which is used for comparison, and which you are probably familiar with. However the first "as" has been omitted in the original (a colloquial abbreviation). In full it would be "as far back as I can remember", where "far ba
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