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The narrator recalls his childhood.
He was forced to work for his own living for Mr. Murdstone's friend Mr. Quinion at London by his stepfather Mr. Murdstone.
He lodges at a house, the master of which Mr. Micawber is so very poor, and goes to his work Murdstone and Grinby's.
Now, Mr.Micawber's family is going to moving to Plymouth for Mr. Micawber's bankruptcy.
"My dear young friend," said Mr. Micawber, "I am older than you, a man of some experience in life, and?and of some experience, in short, in difficulties, generally speaking. At present, and until something turns up (which I am, I may say, hourly expecting), I have nothing to bestow but advice. Still my advice is so far worth taking that?in short, that I have never taken it myself, and am the"?here Mr. Micawber, who had been beaming and smiling, all over his head and face, up to the present moment, checked himself and frowned?"the miserable wretch you behold."
"My dear Micawber!" urged his wife.
" I say," returned Mr. Micawber, quite forgetting himself, and smiling again, "the miserable wretch you behold. My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!"
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if what "so far" means here.
2. I think the first "that" is an object of "taking," and I was wondering what role the next "that" plays.
3. I'd like to know if "the miserable wretch" is fronted.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He was forced to work for his own living for Mr. Murdstone's friend Mr. Quinion at London by his stepfather Mr. Murdstone.
He lodges at a house, the master of which Mr. Micawber is so very poor, and goes to his work Murdstone and Grinby's.
Now, Mr.Micawber's family is going to moving to Plymouth for Mr. Micawber's bankruptcy.
"My dear young friend," said Mr. Micawber, "I am older than you, a man of some experience in life, and?and of some experience, in short, in difficulties, generally speaking. At present, and until something turns up (which I am, I may say, hourly expecting), I have nothing to bestow but advice. Still my advice is so far worth taking that?in short, that I have never taken it myself, and am the"?here Mr. Micawber, who had been beaming and smiling, all over his head and face, up to the present moment, checked himself and frowned?"the miserable wretch you behold."
"My dear Micawber!" urged his wife.
" I say," returned Mr. Micawber, quite forgetting himself, and smiling again, "the miserable wretch you behold. My advice is, never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!"
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if what "so far" means here.
2. I think the first "that" is an object of "taking," and I was wondering what role the next "that" plays.
3. I'd like to know if "the miserable wretch" is fronted.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
, "so heavy that I can't lift it". Both "that"s have the same function; the speaker just starts again at "that" after adding "in short" as an afterthought. Neverthless, "My advice is so far worth taking that I have never taken it myself", which seems to be what he is saying, is a little hard to interpret.
- , "so heavy that I can't lift it".
- Both "that"s have the same function; the speaker just starts again at "that" after adding "in short" as an afterthought.
- Neverthless, "My advice is so far worth taking that I have never taken it myself", which seems to be what he is saying, is a little hard to interpret.
- Assuming it's not miswritten, it seems to me to mean "My advice is worth taking to such an extent that I have never taken it myself".
- Perhaps it is ironic; I'm not sure.
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As far as I can tell, the pattern is "so ~ that ~", the same as, e.g., "so heavy that I can't lift it". Both "that"s have the same function; the speaker just starts again at "that" after adding "in short" as an afterthought.
Neverthless, "My advice is so far worth taking that I have never taken it myself", which seems to be what he is saying, is a little hard to interpret. Assuming it's n
Neverthless, "My advice is so far worth taking that I have never taken it myself", which seems to be what he is saying, is a little hard to interpret. Assuming it's n
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