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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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Where shall wisdom be found and where is the place of understanding? If I knew, I'd walk over and stand there. As it was, I feel as if I stood in the midst of a large map, surrounded by vague areas wherein were penned the visages of
particularly nasty-looking random variables.
["Trumps of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I think "were" is inverted.
If so, I'd like to know the reason why.
And I'd like to know if "wherein" is a relative adverb here.
Thank you in advance for your help.
particularly nasty-looking random variables.
["Trumps of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I think "were" is inverted.
If so, I'd like to know the reason why.
And I'd like to know if "wherein" is a relative adverb here.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon I think "were" is inverted. Yes. It is for literary effect.
- park sang joon I think "were" is inverted.
- Yes.
- It is for literary effect.
- park sang joon And I'd like to know if "wherein" is a relative adverb here.
- Yes.
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park sang joonI think "were" is inverted.Yes.
It is for literary effect.
park sang joonAnd I'd like to know if "wherein" is a relative adverb here.Yes.
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