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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analyses of a text #3
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He and his friend Steerforth just now made a surprise visit at his old nurse's elder brother Mr. Peggotty's when Mr. Peggotty's nephew and adopted son Ham announced he proposed to Mr. Peggotty's niece Em'ly.
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"What does this here blessed tarpaulin go and do," said Mr. Peggotty, with his face one high noon of enjoyment, "but he loses that there art of his to our little Em'ly. He follers her about, he makes hisself a sort o' servant to her, he loses in a great measure his relish for his wittles, and in the long run he makes it clear to me wot's amiss, Now I could wish myself, you see, that our little Em'ly was in a fair way of being married. I could wish to see her, at all ewents, under articles to a honest man as had a right to defend her. I don't know how long I my live, or how soon I may die, but I know that if I capsized, any night, in a gale of wind in Yarmouth Roads here, and was to see the town-lights shining for the last time over the rollers as I couldn't make no head against, I could go down quieter for thinking 'There's a man ashore there, iron-true to my little Em'ly, God bless her, and no wrong can touch my Em'ly while so be as that man lives.'"
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "to" is omitted after "go."
2. I'd like to know if a question mark is omitted after "do."
3. I think the underlined clause means the following.
"while though it is so, that man lives"
If so, I was wondering what role "as" plays here.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He and his friend Steerforth just now made a surprise visit at his old nurse's elder brother Mr. Peggotty's when Mr. Peggotty's nephew and adopted son Ham announced he proposed to Mr. Peggotty's niece Em'ly.
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"What does this here blessed tarpaulin go and do," said Mr. Peggotty, with his face one high noon of enjoyment, "but he loses that there art of his to our little Em'ly. He follers her about, he makes hisself a sort o' servant to her, he loses in a great measure his relish for his wittles, and in the long run he makes it clear to me wot's amiss, Now I could wish myself, you see, that our little Em'ly was in a fair way of being married. I could wish to see her, at all ewents, under articles to a honest man as had a right to defend her. I don't know how long I my live, or how soon I may die, but I know that if I capsized, any night, in a gale of wind in Yarmouth Roads here, and was to see the town-lights shining for the last time over the rollers as I couldn't make no head against, I could go down quieter for thinking 'There's a man ashore there, iron-true to my little Em'ly, God bless her, and no wrong can touch my Em'ly while so be as that man lives.'"
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "to" is omitted after "go."
2. I'd like to know if a question mark is omitted after "do."
3. I think the underlined clause means the following.
"while though it is so, that man lives"
If so, I was wondering what role "as" plays here.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. No, this "go and ~" is a colloquial expression implying a notable or surprising or rash action. " 2.
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- No, this "go and ~" is a colloquial expression implying a notable or surprising or rash action.
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- Grammatically it is a question, but perhaps the author felt it was too rhetorical to warrant a question mark.
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1. No, this "go and ~" is a colloquial expression implying a notable or surprising or rash action. "He only went and told the boss to eff off!"
2. Grammatically it is a question, but perhaps the author felt it was too rhetorical to warrant a question mark.
3. I believe this may be an old dialect expression simply meaning "while that man lives". It is hard to analyse or understand
2. Grammatically it is a question, but perhaps the author felt it was too rhetorical to warrant a question mark.
3. I believe this may be an old dialect expression simply meaning "while that man lives". It is hard to analyse or understand
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