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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
He seems to wish not to come back ~
In this poem, the narrator seems to be attracted by the
mysterious beauty of the snowy woods and he seems to wish not to come back to
his native village.
Q1) Does the underlined sound OK?
On the other hand, there emerges another voice from the horse
that reproaches him about his lingering in the woods and tells him to walk on his
way back to the real world. Between the two choices, the speaker does not seem
to choose any one, which makes the reader confused about the conclusion of this poem.
Q2) Is the underlined OK?
Q3) Can I ohterwise say 'neither'?
mysterious beauty of the snowy woods and he seems to wish not to come back to
his native village.
Q1) Does the underlined sound OK?
On the other hand, there emerges another voice from the horse
that reproaches him about his lingering in the woods and tells him to walk on his
way back to the real world. Between the two choices, the speaker does not seem
to choose any one, which makes the reader confused about the conclusion of this poem.
Q2) Is the underlined OK?
Q3) Can I ohterwise say 'neither'?
Top answer
In this poem, the narrator seems to be attracted by the mysterious beauty of the snowy woods and he seems to wish not to come back to his native village. Q1)'Seem to wish' sounds ambigous. You can tell he wishes not to come back......
- In this poem, the narrator seems to be attracted by the mysterious beauty of the snowy woods and he seems to wish not to come back to his native village.
- Q1)'Seem to wish' sounds ambigous.
- You can tell he wishes not to come back......
- On the other hand, there emerges another voice from the horse that reproaches him about his lingering in the woods and tells him to walk on his way back to the real world.
- Between the two choices, the speaker does not seem to choose any one , which makes the reader confused about the conclusion of this poem.
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In this poem, the narrator seems to be attracted by theQ1)'Seem to wish' sounds ambigous. You can tell he wishes not to come back......
mysterious beauty of the snowy woods and he seems to wish not to come back to
his native village.
On the other hand, there emerges another voice from the horse
that reproaches him about his lingerin
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Hi,
Thank you for the answer.
Regarding your answer for the question #1, if I say like you said, it does not imply the writer's speculation, does it?
In this respect, can't we leave any word that suggests guessing such as may be, perhaps, seems etc,?
Thank you for the answer.
Regarding your answer for the question #1, if I say like you said, it does not imply the writer's speculation, does it?
In this respect, can't we leave any word that suggests guessing such as may be, perhaps, seems etc,?
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Hi,
I don't think it it does. I say it's better to leave out 'seems'.
Prajwal
I don't think it it does. I say it's better to leave out 'seems'.
Prajwal
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Both the underlined phrases are correct. Look closely and you fill find no grammatical errors.
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Hi, I am not telling they are incorrect. I am telling that they are not very natural.
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