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Rpsh Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Of that son

The Mathom-house it was called; for anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that son.

I think it means that they give the mathoms to their sons. But why use such construction to express or what is the attribute of "of” and "that"?
  

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Somebody misread "sort" as "son" and put an incorrect transcription on the internet. The correct word is "sort". "Son" is nonsensical.

— CSnyder

  • Somebody misread "sort" as "son" and put an incorrect transcription on the internet.
  • The correct word is "sort".
  • "Son" is nonsensical.
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Somebody misread "sort" as "son" and put an incorrect transcription on the internet. The correct word is "sort". "Son" is nonsensical.
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So it is! Thank you!
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