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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Hello guys, could you please tell same about the bold word part of speech? it refers to "you" or "reeds'? and rooted, drained and burnt are the adjectives of sepals?
“You grabbed a bunch o’ reeds, full o’ spray as well as rooted, drained and— why not?— burnt sepals. Don’t you hear rubbish? I don’t.”
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“You grabbed a bunch o’ reeds, full o’ spray as well as rooted, drained and— why not?— burnt sepals. Don’t you hear rubbish? I don’t.”
thank you
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This is from a translation of a book of letters of the Italian author Italo Calvino. The passage you've quoted is from a letter to another Italian author named Micheli, and the passage itself is in quotation, but it's not clear why. A footnote in the book says that Calvino might have been making fun of Micheli's regional accent.
- This is from a translation of a book of letters of the Italian author Italo Calvino.
- The passage you've quoted is from a letter to another Italian author named Micheli, and the passage itself is in quotation, but it's not clear why.
- A footnote in the book says that Calvino might have been making fun of Micheli's regional accent.
- The context is Calvino's claim that his extensive research saves him from being an "academic" writer.
- From the English syntax, "rooted," "drained," and "burnt" all modify "sepals," which is the green protective covering of the petals of a flower.
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This is from a translation of a book of letters of the Italian author Italo Calvino. The passage you've quoted is from a letter to another Italian author named Micheli, and the passage itself is in quotation, but it's not clear why. A footnote in the book says that Calvino might have been making fun of Micheli's regional accent. The context is Calvino's claim that his extensive research saves h
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