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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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now-famous
The now-famous Cheshire cat made his debut in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland in 1865.
I suspect if I could omit now in (or from??) the above context without making a change in meaning. Thanks.
I suspect if I could omit now in (or from??) the above context without making a change in meaning. Thanks.
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Yes-- I don't know why it's there in the first place. I suppose context could require it.
- Yes-- I don't know why it's there in the first place.
- I suppose context could require it.
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Yes-- I don't know why it's there in the first place. I suppose context could require it.
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Mister MicawberYes-- I don't know why it's there in the first place. I suppose context could require it.Thanks, Mister, for your consideration and reminder.
The following is a lager context:
The now-famous Cheshire cat made his debut in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland in 1865. Throughout the story, the cat pops u
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The now- still seems superfluous, Angliholic, except to suggest that the cat is unfamiliar to the writer.
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Mister MicawberThe now- still seems superfluous, Angliholic, except to suggest that the cat is unfamiliar to the writer.Thanks, Mister, for your explanation.
But I wonder if it (now-famous) implies that the Cheshire cat is now more famous or popular with modern people than its first debut a century ago.
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Of course it does-- now-famous, not 'then'famous but the point is superfluous and irrelevant. How many things are famous at their first debut?
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