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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The analyses of a text #3
The protagonist dreamed a nightmare as sleeping on the boat's deck of his distant relative Vinta.
I stretched my cramped muscles and breathed the cold sea air. I looked for the moon and it was way back behind my shoulder.
"You were really out," she said.
"Do I talk in my sleep?"
["Trumps of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know "on" is implied before "way."
And I'd like to know why it is "do," not "did."
Thank you in advance for your help.
I stretched my cramped muscles and breathed the cold sea air. I looked for the moon and it was way back behind my shoulder.
"You were really out," she said.
"Do I talk in my sleep?"
["Trumps of Doom" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know "on" is implied before "way."
And I'd like to know why it is "do," not "did."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" The use of the present simple indicates that the question is about habit, not a single incident.
- " The use of the present simple indicates that the question is about habit, not a single incident.
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park sang joonI'd like to know "on" is implied before "way."No, "way" here is an informal adverb used for emphasis; "way back" means "far back."
park sang joonAnd I'd like to know why it is "do," not "did."The use of the present simple indicates that the question is about habit, not a single incident.
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