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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Our sport during lessons?
1) Does "Our sport during lessons" mean "our entertainment during attending classes"?
2) Does "I still retain for the Church of England" mean "I still remember when I attend the Church of England"?
Context:
* Our sport during lessons was to sidetrack him away from scripture and towards
stirring tales of Fighter Command and the Few. He had done war
service in the RAF and it was with familiarity, and something of the affection that
I still retain for the Church of England (at least by comparison with the competi-
tion), that I later read John Betjeman's poem:
Our padre is an old sky pilot,
Severely now they've clipped his wings,
But still the flagstaff in the Rect'ry garden
Points to Higher Things . . .
2) Does "I still retain for the Church of England" mean "I still remember when I attend the Church of England"?
Context:
* Our sport during lessons was to sidetrack him away from scripture and towards
stirring tales of Fighter Command and the Few. He had done war
service in the RAF and it was with familiarity, and something of the affection that
I still retain for the Church of England (at least by comparison with the competi-
tion), that I later read John Betjeman's poem:
Our padre is an old sky pilot,
Severely now they've clipped his wings,
But still the flagstaff in the Rect'ry garden
Points to Higher Things . . .
Top answer
1) Yes. They enjoyed distracting the teacher from the lesson by getting him to talk about the RAF during the war. 2) No, it means That I still have or that I have kept.
- 1) Yes.
- They enjoyed distracting the teacher from the lesson by getting him to talk about the RAF during the war.
- 2) No, it means That I still have or that I have kept.
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1) Yes. They enjoyed distracting the teacher from the lesson by getting him to talk about the RAF during the war.
2) No, it means That I still have or that I have kept.
2) No, it means That I still have or that I have kept.
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