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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow.
He is crazy for Mr. Spenlow's only daughter Dora.
He was invited to Dora's birthday picnic by Mr. Spenlow.
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I hardly knew what I did, I was burning all over to that extraordinary extent; but I took Dora's little hand and kissed it - and she let me! I kissed Miss Mills's hand; and we all seemed, to my thinking, to go straight up to the seventh heaven. We did not come down again. We stayed up there all the evening. At first we strayed to and fro among the trees, I with Dora's shy arm drawn through mine, and, Heaven knows, folly as it all was, it would have been a happy fate to have been struck immortal with those foolish feelings, and have stayed among the trees for ever!
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why "and" is omitted before "I."
2. I'd like to know if "folly as it all was" means "though it all was folly."
3. And I'd like to know "it" refers to the infinitive phrase in blue.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow.
He is crazy for Mr. Spenlow's only daughter Dora.
He was invited to Dora's birthday picnic by Mr. Spenlow.
.................................
I hardly knew what I did, I was burning all over to that extraordinary extent; but I took Dora's little hand and kissed it - and she let me! I kissed Miss Mills's hand; and we all seemed, to my thinking, to go straight up to the seventh heaven. We did not come down again. We stayed up there all the evening. At first we strayed to and fro among the trees, I with Dora's shy arm drawn through mine, and, Heaven knows, folly as it all was, it would have been a happy fate to have been struck immortal with those foolish feelings, and have stayed among the trees for ever!
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why "and" is omitted before "I."
2. I'd like to know if "folly as it all was" means "though it all was folly."
3. And I'd like to know "it" refers to the infinitive phrase in blue.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
park sang joon 1. " It's not omitted. We strayed ...
- park sang joon 1.
- " It's not omitted.
- We strayed ...
- with her arm through mine.
- "We" is the only subject needed.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know why "and" is omitted before "I."It's not omitted. We strayed ... with her arm through mine. "We" is the only subject needed.
park sang joon2. I'd like to know if "folly as it all was" means "though it all was folly."Yes.
park sang joon3. And I'd like to know "it"
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Thank you, CalifJim, for your so very helpful answer. 
And I'd like to know if "I with Dora's shy arm drawn through mine" is an
And I'd like to know if "I with Dora's shy arm drawn through mine" is an
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park sang joonAnd I'd like to know if "I with Dora's shy arm drawn through mine" is an participle phrase.Impossible. There is no verb in the -ing form. An -ing form is absolutely required. No construction can be a participle phrase without one.
CJ
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Thank you, CalifJim, for your continuing support.
I was wondering if is is impossible that we suppose "being" is omitted after
I was wondering if is is impossible that we suppose "being" is omitted after
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park sang joonI was wondering if is is impossible that we suppose "being" is omitted after "I."That's possible, but to be a participle clause, "being" must actually be written in the clause.
CJ
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