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Joseph A Posted 7 years ago
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Hello everyone,
Could you please tell me what "which sailors were for the pirates and which were not" means in the following statement?
Captain Smollett said that they should attack the pirates only when they had found out which sailors were for the pirates and which were not.
Regards,
JA
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As far as I can tell, "for" seems to mean "supportive of". Does that make sense?
- As far as I can tell, "for" seems to mean "supportive of".
- Does that make sense?
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As far as I can tell, "for" seems to mean "supportive of". Does that make sense?
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