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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Reflect

p.167 says

-The mirror walls reflect on my image an infinite number of times.

Are 'reflect on' and 'reflect' the same thing? Here 'reflect on' doesn't mean cogitation.
  

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OttoJ Are 'reflect on' and 'reflect' the same thing? I think it is an error in the text. OttoJ Here 'reflect on' doesn't mean cogitation.

— Mister Micawber

  • OttoJ Are 'reflect on' and 'reflect' the same thing?
  • I think it is an error in the text.
  • OttoJ Here 'reflect on' doesn't mean cogitation.
  • No, I would think not.
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OttoJAre 'reflect on' and 'reflect' the same thing?
I think it is an error in the text.
OttoJHere 'reflect on' doesn't mean cogitation.
No, I would think not.
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OttoJ-The mirror walls reflect on my image an infinite number of times.
The "on" in "reflect on" could conceivably mean "onwards", i.e. referring to light rays being projected onwards by the mirror. However, the line does not read smoothly to me in this interpretation. I cannot see any other, though, assuming, as you say, that it cannot mean "cogitate" or "pon
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