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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Help me please with this sentence

But then it struck Mr Dursley that this was probably some silly stunt-these people were obviously collecting for something .... yes, that would be it.

The previous sentence is in previous post.

I dont understand what did the writer mean by "silly stunt" and what is the point of saying "that they are collecting for something...?"

I just don't understnad it. Please, I'd be really glad if somebody could explain it to me. Thanks
  

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It appears to be an excerpt from one of the Harry Potter books. If you read the full context you will see that Mr. Dursley finds himself surrounded by strangely dressed people.

— MalRey

  • It appears to be an excerpt from one of the Harry Potter books.
  • If you read the full context you will see that Mr.
  • Dursley finds himself surrounded by strangely dressed people.
  • The only way he can make sense of the situation is to assume that they are part of a group that is collecting money for something.
  • The use of the en dash instead of the correct em dash makes the quote harder to understand than necessary but without the full context it's not very clear even with the em dash.
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It appears to be an excerpt from one of the Harry Potter books. If you read the full context you will see that Mr. Dursley finds himself surrounded by strangely dressed people. The only way he can make sense of the situation is to assume that they are part of a group that is collecting money for something.

The use of the en dash instead of the correct em dash makes the quote harder
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Yes, sorry, I made a mistake in the sentence that I used " - " instead of "---".

But then it struck Mr Dursley that this was probably some silly stunt---these people were obviously collecting for something .... yes, that would be it.

1) So do you think that they are collecting money or that they are just gathering together?

2) Also, wh
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Anonymous1) So do you think that they are collecting money or that they are just gathering together?
As I said, you need to read the quote in context. When you do you will see that the strangely dressed people are wizards.
Anonymous2) Also, what is meant with "silly stunt".?
Have you looked up the words? "silly stunt" is not
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