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Lecarde Posted 14 years ago
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I'm reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and i brought here an excerpt from the book for to have it rephrased to aid my understanding.
Hello. I am reading Fahrenheit 451. I guess it's famous enough that I don't have to add any minor details to know what it is.
While reading it I came across this following sentence, which I found rather hard to break it down into right components:
Above I can see that "remembered" is functioning as a verb in past tense, then there "save" follows. For some reason I cannot make any sense out of this particular sentence. Could anyone help?
While reading it I came across this following sentence, which I found rather hard to break it down into right components:
| What a strange meeting on a strange night. He remembered nothing like it save one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park. .... |
Above I can see that "remembered" is functioning as a verb in past tense, then there "save" follows. For some reason I cannot make any sense out of this particular sentence. Could anyone help?
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Hi, He remembered nothing like it save one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park. He remembered nothing like it except one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park. ...
- Hi, He remembered nothing like it save one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park.
- He remembered nothing like it except one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park.
- ...
- A simpler example - Everyone came to the party save Mary.
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Hi,
He remembered nothing like it save one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park. ....
He remembered nothing like it except one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park. ....
He remembered nothing like it save one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park. ....
He remembered nothing like it except one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park. ....
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