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Virginia is also home to Williamsburg, a town that "still feels" hundreds of years old. Visit Virginia to see history.
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Võ Ðình Nghi Virginia is also home to Williamsburg, a town that "still feels" hundreds of years old. That is just bad writing. If it still feels hundreds of years old, then it used to feel hundreds of years old, and that is not what he means.
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Võ Ðình NghiVirginia is also home to Williamsburg, a town that "still feels" hundreds of years old.
That is just bad writing. If it still feels hundreds of years old, then it used to feel hundreds of years old, and that is not what he means. He meant "Virginia is also home to Williamsburg, a town that still feels the way it did hundreds of years ago." or "V
When tourists visited Williamsburg in the past, they felt like they were in a town that was hundreds of years old.
Tourists who visit Williamsburg today feel the same way.The way they feel has not changed.
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