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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The analyses of a text #3
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He encountered an old friend, at child, elder by several years in the hotel where he stays at London.
He laughed as he ran his hand through the clustering curls of his hair, and said gaily:
"Yes, I am on an expedition of duty. My mother lives a little way out of town, and the roads being in a beastly condition, and our house tedious enough, I remained here tonight instead of going on. I have not bee in town half-a-dozen hours, and those I have been dozing and grumbling away at the play."
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if the underlined clause means "I came to the town about six hours ago."
2. I'd like to know why there isn't any article before "town."
3. And I'd like to know if those refers to "those time."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He encountered an old friend, at child, elder by several years in the hotel where he stays at London.
He laughed as he ran his hand through the clustering curls of his hair, and said gaily:
"Yes, I am on an expedition of duty. My mother lives a little way out of town, and the roads being in a beastly condition, and our house tedious enough, I remained here tonight instead of going on. I have not bee in town half-a-dozen hours, and those I have been dozing and grumbling away at the play."
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if the underlined clause means "I came to the town about six hours ago."
2. I'd like to know why there isn't any article before "town."
3. And I'd like to know if those refers to "those time."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. He arrived less than six hours ago (though loosely this could be extended to "about six hours"). 2.
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- He arrived less than six hours ago (though loosely this could be extended to "about six hours").
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- "in town" is an idiomatic combination, similar to "in bed", "at school", "at church" etc.
- 3.
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1. He arrived less than six hours ago (though loosely this could be extended to "about six hours").
2. "in town" is an idiomatic combination, similar to "in bed", "at school", "at church" etc.
3. Those hours. ("those time" is not grammatical.)
2. "in town" is an idiomatic combination, similar to "in bed", "at school", "at church" etc.
3. Those hours. ("those time" is not grammatical.)
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