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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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SITTING OFF BY ITSELF

Hi,
I wouldd like to know the meaning of this sentence here:

'It was on the second floor, up a long, narrow flight of stairs, in a building SITTING OFF BY ITSELF.'

Thanks in advance, Jo.
  

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a building separated/isolated from the others ... "off" usually indicates "at a distance"

— Marius Hancu

  • a building separated/isolated from the others ...
  • "off" usually indicates "at a distance"
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a building separated/isolated from the others ...
"off" usually indicates "at a distance"
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AnonymousHi, I wouldd like to know the meaning of this sentence here: 'It was on the second floor, up a long, narrow flight of stairs, in a building SITTING OFF BY ITSELF.' Thanks in advance, Jo.
It's an example of personification, a literary device which gives human characteristics to inanimate objects. In this case, the read
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