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Newguest Posted 13 years ago
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Grew up/stay to himself
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Larry, now age 52, grew up painfully shy and gawky and spent much of his time on his own.
--- I understand that he is shy and gawky and spends time on his own right now; this is not referring to his past?
At work he stayed to himself and quickly became known as unapproachable.
--- Does it mean that at work he was indrawn?
Larry, now age 52, grew up painfully shy and gawky and spent much of his time on his own.
--- I understand that he is shy and gawky and spends time on his own right now; this is not referring to his past?
At work he stayed to himself and quickly became known as unapproachable.
--- Does it mean that at work he was indrawn?
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Newguest I understand that he is shy and gawky and spends time on his own right now; this is not referring to his past? It refers to the past; your sentence says nothing about his present personality. Newguest Does it mean that at work he was indrawn?
- Newguest I understand that he is shy and gawky and spends time on his own right now; this is not referring to his past?
- It refers to the past; your sentence says nothing about his present personality.
- Newguest Does it mean that at work he was indrawn?
- He was withdrawn, yes.
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NewguestI understand that he is shy and gawky and spends time on his own right now; this is not referring to his past?It refers to the past; your sentence says nothing about his present personality.
NewguestDoes it mean that at work he was indrawn?He was withdrawn, yes.
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the implicator "now age 52, grew up" lets us know that he was this way in his past, and sets a time for these attributes to occur in.
secondly yes, that does mean that at work he was withdrawn, however "unapproachable" generally implies that others would avoid him instead of "indrawn" which is if he would avoid other people. these are very small distinctions but they make a huge differen
secondly yes, that does mean that at work he was withdrawn, however "unapproachable" generally implies that others would avoid him instead of "indrawn" which is if he would avoid other people. these are very small distinctions but they make a huge differen
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