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Trunks Posted 16 years ago
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Sentence explanation!!!!
Consider this sentences:
Long one of the favorite characters of American folklore, Hiawatha is best known as the hero of Henry Wadworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha.
How is the usage of "long" correct here?
Long one of the favorite characters of American folklore, Hiawatha is best known as the hero of Henry Wadworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha.
How is the usage of "long" correct here?
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Hi, Consider this sentences: Long one of the favorite characters of American folklore, Hiawatha is best known as the hero of Henry Wadworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha. How is the usage of "long" correct here? It means 'for a long time'.
- Hi, Consider this sentences: Long one of the favorite characters of American folklore, Hiawatha is best known as the hero of Henry Wadworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha.
- How is the usage of "long" correct here?
- It means 'for a long time'.
- It's a somewhat literary way of using the word.
- You wouldn't hear it in everyday conversation.
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Hi,
Consider this sentences:
Long one of the favorite characters of American folklore, Hiawatha is best known as the hero of Henry Wadworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha.
How is the usage of "long" correct here? It means 'for a long time'.
It's a somewhat literary way of using the word. You wouldn't hear it in everyday conversation.
Consider this sentences:
Long one of the favorite characters of American folklore, Hiawatha is best known as the hero of Henry Wadworth Longfellow's narrative poem The Song of Hiawatha.
How is the usage of "long" correct here? It means 'for a long time'.
It's a somewhat literary way of using the word. You wouldn't hear it in everyday conversation.
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