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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Nor are we talking
1. "nor" is usually used after a negative sentence. Is the sentence containing "few" a negative sentence meaning "not many people show enough interest in the sculptures"? Can I rewrite it as "not many people show interest in the sculptures, nor do we, because we are talking ..."?
2. Does " talking the tell-tale placards and chants" imply "reading loudly the texts and chants" meaning that the writer has participated in the protest himself?
Few seem to be showing too much concern with a freshly scrubbed Admiral Lord Nelson, up there atop his column, or with posing gamely at the foot of any of the war generals on their slightly more mortal plinths. Nor, on the other hand, are we talking the tell-tale placards and chants of a gathering protest demo, that other main reason why the square regularly fills up with masses of folk, particularly on a Saturday afternoon.
2. Does " talking the tell-tale placards and chants" imply "reading loudly the texts and chants" meaning that the writer has participated in the protest himself?
Few seem to be showing too much concern with a freshly scrubbed Admiral Lord Nelson, up there atop his column, or with posing gamely at the foot of any of the war generals on their slightly more mortal plinths. Nor, on the other hand, are we talking the tell-tale placards and chants of a gathering protest demo, that other main reason why the square regularly fills up with masses of folk, particularly on a Saturday afternoon.
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I think I found the answer. It says that "Not a lot of people show interest in the sculptures of the square, nor are we reading loudly protest placards, the two main actions that usually make the square full of population on Saturdays". Am I right?!
- I think I found the answer.
- It says that "Not a lot of people show interest in the sculptures of the square, nor are we reading loudly protest placards, the two main actions that usually make the square full of population on Saturdays".
- Am I right?!
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I think I found the answer. It says that "Not a lot of people show interest in the sculptures of the square, nor are we reading loudly protest placards, the two main actions that usually make the square full of population on Saturdays". Am I right?!
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