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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
I had bought with [the silver to store it]
This novel is set in a Chinese village before World War One.
The protagonist lives with his wife, baby, and father, his wife was a maid with very rich family.
The province is suffering from a great famine.
One day, the villagers barged into Wang Lung's, took out whatever could be eat.
"They cannot take the land from me. The labor of my body and the fruit of fields I have put into that which cannot be taken away. If I had the silver, they would have taken it. If I had bought with the silver to store it, they would have taken it all. I have the land still, and it is mine."
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I think "silver to store" means "silver which I would store."
If so, I'd like to know if "it" refers to "food."
Thank you in advance for your help.
The protagonist lives with his wife, baby, and father, his wife was a maid with very rich family.
The province is suffering from a great famine.
One day, the villagers barged into Wang Lung's, took out whatever could be eat.
"They cannot take the land from me. The labor of my body and the fruit of fields I have put into that which cannot be taken away. If I had the silver, they would have taken it. If I had bought with the silver to store it, they would have taken it all. I have the land still, and it is mine."
[The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck]
I think "silver to store" means "silver which I would store."
If so, I'd like to know if "it" refers to "food."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
It doesn't make sense -- at least, not to me. It looks as though some words have been missed out, but the versions I can find online are all as you have written.
- It doesn't make sense -- at least, not to me.
- It looks as though some words have been missed out, but the versions I can find online are all as you have written.
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It doesn't make sense -- at least, not to me. It looks as though some words have been missed out, but the versions I can find online are all as you have written.
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