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Ka Hoerschaf Posted 13 years ago
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if somebody asks ... So, you´re leaving leaving .... what does the double: leaving mean?
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if somebody asks ... So, you´re leaving leaving .... what does the double: leaving mean?
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The only thing I can think of is that the word is repeated for emphasis or dramatic effect. The person has some emotion attached to "leaving" perhaps wonder or sadness or surprise. Here is a stanza from "The Highwayman" Note the repetition of "riding" for poetic effect: And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, A highwayman comes riding— Riding—riding— A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.
- The only thing I can think of is that the word is repeated for emphasis or dramatic effect.
- The person has some emotion attached to "leaving" perhaps wonder or sadness or surprise.
- Here is a stanza from "The Highwayman" Note the repetition of "riding" for poetic effect: And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, A highwayman comes riding— Riding—riding— A highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.
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The only thing I can think of is that the word is repeated for emphasis or dramatic effect.
The person has some emotion attached to "leaving" perhaps wonder or sadness or surprise.
Here is a stanza from "The Highwayman" Note the repetition of "riding" for poetic effect:
And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,
When the moon is a
The person has some emotion attached to "leaving" perhaps wonder or sadness or surprise.
Here is a stanza from "The Highwayman" Note the repetition of "riding" for poetic effect:
And still of a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,
When the moon is a
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if somebody asks ... So, you´re leaving leaving .... what does the double: leaving
This kind of repetition is sometimes use in very informal speech, to focus on a more serious meaning of a word.
eg Do you mean that you are leaving to go to buy milk? Or do you mean you are leaving me permanently because you want a d
This kind of repetition is sometimes use in very informal speech, to focus on a more serious meaning of a word.
eg Do you mean that you are leaving to go to buy milk? Or do you mean you are leaving me permanently because you want a d
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