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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

"as it were" and "drum"

" With the recorder, the electronic drum AS IT WERE, the music of the world becomes available at any moment, just like an encyclopedia."
It's the meaning of this sentence that the recorder acts like a electronic drum?... that acts like it were a electronic drum?

and ... "drum" it means here a sort of recipient?

Thank you in advance for your answer , jo.
  

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Dear Jo, It is most strange. It is which kind of recorder, may I ask? Kind regards, Goldmund

— Goldmund

  • Dear Jo, It is most strange.
  • It is which kind of recorder, may I ask?
  • Kind regards, Goldmund
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Dear Jo,

It is most strange. It is which kind of recorder, may I ask?

Kind regards, Emotion: smile

Goldmund
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Hi,

that acts like it were a electronic drum? Yes.

and ... "drum" it means here a sort of recipient? Are you asking what a drum is? It's not a person, it's a percussive musical instrument.

Best wishes, Clive
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"as it were", "so to speak", "if you will" all indicate that the previous words are not to be taken literally -- just that some sort of metaphoric comparison is being made. I think you are probably right about "drum". "garbage drum", "electronic drum", yes, probably 'recipient', 'container'. It's not a well chosen word, however, in my opinion, because of the interference with the primary
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Oh, I see now. Rather than a recording device, I took 'recorder' to refer to the musical instrument of that name!

Clive
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