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Moon7296 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

He was now blind

1. He was now blind.

What does it mean?

How can the present adverb "now" come with the past verb?

2. I've lived at home up till now.

Does it mean until now or to date?

Does up play a role as a ..what? (Like 'up' in : open (up) the bottle)
  

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Sometimes language isn't logical. You are right, if you think about it, but what it means is that he was at that exact and new moment, he was then blind.

  • Sometimes language isn't logical.
  • You are right, if you think about it, but what it means is that he was at that exact and new moment, he was then blind.
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Sometimes language isn't logical. You are right, if you think about it, but what it means is that he was at that exact and new moment, he was then blind.

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