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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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A piercing, bloodcurdling shriek split the silence -- the book was screaming! Harry snapped it shut, but the shriek went on and on, one high, unbroken, earsplitting note.

I guess ‘one’ is a pronoun for shriek, and ‘high, unbroken, earsplitting note’ post-modifies ‘one.’ Is this right?
  

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No. 'One' here is an adjective describing 'note'. one high, unbroken, earsplitting These are all adjectives.

  • No.
  • 'One' here is an adjective describing 'note'.
  • one high, unbroken, earsplitting These are all adjectives.
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No.

'One' here is an adjective describing 'note'.

one high, unbroken, earsplitting These are all adjectives.

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