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Noname 8048 Posted 8 years ago
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From out within...
Suddenly, from out within the darkness comes a man’s low, raspy voice
What is meaning of underlined part?
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It is unnatural. I would expect "from out of the darkness" or, more sword-and-sorcery, "from out the darkness". It is either some old construction I am not familiar with or a failed attempt to sound dramatically antique, probably the latter.
- It is unnatural.
- I would expect "from out of the darkness" or, more sword-and-sorcery, "from out the darkness".
- It is either some old construction I am not familiar with or a failed attempt to sound dramatically antique, probably the latter.
- It means the man with the voice was in the dark where he could not be seen.
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It is unnatural. I would expect "from out of the darkness" or, more sword-and-sorcery, "from out the darkness". It is either some old construction I am not familiar with or a failed attempt to sound dramatically antique, probably the latter. It means the man with the voice was in the dark where he could not be seen.
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