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The narrator recalls his adolescence.
After his young, charming wife Dora died of a disease, he took a long journey, during which he would think he and his old friend Agnes would have fallen for one another.
Now he is staying at her great aunt's house during writing his masterpiece, the very this story.
He has a secret crush on Agnes, but he thinks she has an affection for somebody he doesn't know.
This Christmas-time being come, and Agnes having reposed no new confidence in me, a doubt that had several times arisen in my mind - whether she could have that perception of the true state of my breast, which restrained her with the apprehension of giving me pain - began to oppress me heavily. If that were so, my sacrifice was nothing, my plainest obligation to her unfulfilled, and every poor action I had shrunk from, I was hourly doing. I resolved to set this right beyond all doubt?if such a barrier were between us, to break it down at once with a determined hand.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why "and" is omitted before "my plainest obligation."
2. I'd like to if "my plainest obligation" is the object of "I had shrunk from."
3. I'd like to know if the non restrictive relative pronoun "which" is omitted before "I was hourly doing."
4. And I'd like to know if "to break it down at once with a determined hand" modifies "all doubt."
Thank you in advance for your help.
After his young, charming wife Dora died of a disease, he took a long journey, during which he would think he and his old friend Agnes would have fallen for one another.
Now he is staying at her great aunt's house during writing his masterpiece, the very this story.
He has a secret crush on Agnes, but he thinks she has an affection for somebody he doesn't know.
Chapter 62 A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
.................................This Christmas-time being come, and Agnes having reposed no new confidence in me, a doubt that had several times arisen in my mind - whether she could have that perception of the true state of my breast, which restrained her with the apprehension of giving me pain - began to oppress me heavily. If that were so, my sacrifice was nothing, my plainest obligation to her unfulfilled, and every poor action I had shrunk from, I was hourly doing. I resolved to set this right beyond all doubt?if such a barrier were between us, to break it down at once with a determined hand.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know why "and" is omitted before "my plainest obligation."
2. I'd like to if "my plainest obligation" is the object of "I had shrunk from."
3. I'd like to know if the non restrictive relative pronoun "which" is omitted before "I was hourly doing."
4. And I'd like to know if "to break it down at once with a determined hand" modifies "all doubt."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1/2/3. " It is not necessary to put another "and" between X and Y. X = "my sacrifice was nothing" Y = "my plainest obligation to her (was) unfulfilled" Z = "every poor action (that) I had shrunk from, I was hourly doing".
- 1/2/3.
- " It is not necessary to put another "and" between X and Y.
- X = "my sacrifice was nothing" Y = "my plainest obligation to her (was) unfulfilled" Z = "every poor action (that) I had shrunk from, I was hourly doing".
- This is an inversion of "I was hourly doing every poor action (that) I had shrunk from".
- 4.
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1/2/3. The structure here is "If that were so, (then) X, Y and Z." It is not necessary to put another "and" between X and Y.
X = "my sacrifice was nothing"
Y = "my plainest obligation to her (was) unfulfilled"
Z = "every poor action (that) I had shrunk from, I was hourly doing". This is an inversion of "I was hourly doing every poor action (that) I had shrunk from".
X = "my sacrifice was nothing"
Y = "my plainest obligation to her (was) unfulfilled"
Z = "every poor action (that) I had shrunk from, I was hourly doing". This is an inversion of "I was hourly doing every poor action (that) I had shrunk from".
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