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Tile green 480 Posted 7 years ago
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Is this right?

" He must be in want of a wife" means "He needs a wife"?

  

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Ask the question this way. Does " He must be in want of a wife" mean "He needs a wife"? Yes.

— Clive

  • Ask the question this way.
  • Does " He must be in want of a wife" mean "He needs a wife"?
  • Yes.
  • but 'in want of' is much less common now than it was in Jane Austen's era.
  • Clive
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Ask the question this way.

Does " He must be in want of a wife" mean "He needs a wife"?

Yes. but 'in want of' is much less common now than it was in Jane Austen's era.

Clive

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