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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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He lived with his step father Mr. Murdstone and his sister Miss Murdstone in his late father's mansion after his mother's death.
He was forced to work for his own living for Mr. Murdstone's friend Mr. Quinion at London by Mr. Murdstone.
Steerfoth and Traddles are his friends in the boarding school he went to for half and a semester.
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Now words can express the secret agony of my soul as I sunk into this companionship, compared these henceforth everyday associates with those of my happier childhood, not to say with Steerfoth, Traddles, and those boys, and felt my hopes of growing up to be a learned and distinguished man crushed in my bosom. The deep remembrance of the sense I had of being utterly without hope now, of the shame I felt in my position, of the misery it was to my young heart to believe that day-by-day what I had learned, and thought, and delighted in, and raised my fancy and my emulation up by , would pass away from me, little-by-little, never to be brought back any more, cannot be written.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if "these" refers to "associates."
I'd like to know if "of being utterly without hope now," "of the same," and "of the misery" modify "the sense."
And I'd like to know if "it" is in apposition to "remembrance."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He was forced to work for his own living for Mr. Murdstone's friend Mr. Quinion at London by Mr. Murdstone.
Steerfoth and Traddles are his friends in the boarding school he went to for half and a semester.
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Now words can express the secret agony of my soul as I sunk into this companionship, compared these henceforth everyday associates with those of my happier childhood, not to say with Steerfoth, Traddles, and those boys, and felt my hopes of growing up to be a learned and distinguished man crushed in my bosom. The deep remembrance of the sense I had of being utterly without hope now, of the shame I felt in my position, of the misery it was to my young heart to believe that day-by-day what I had learned, and thought, and delighted in, and raised my fancy and my emulation up by , would pass away from me, little-by-little, never to be brought back any more, cannot be written.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if "these" refers to "associates."
I'd like to know if "of being utterly without hope now," "of the same," and "of the misery" modify "the sense."
And I'd like to know if "it" is in apposition to "remembrance."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
" Yes. " Probably; the latter two could modify 'remembrance', but it is of no importance. park sang joon And I'd like to know if "it" is in apposition to "remembrance.
- " Yes.
- " Probably; the latter two could modify 'remembrance', but it is of no importance.
- park sang joon And I'd like to know if "it" is in apposition to "remembrance.
- 'it' represents 'misery'.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if "these" refers to "associates."Yes.
park sang joonI'd like to know if "of being utterly without hope now," "of the same," and "of the misery" modify "the sense."Probably; the latter two could modify 'remembrance', but it is of no importance.
park sang joonAnd I'd li
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for your so very kind answer. 
'it' represents 'misery'.
The deep rememb
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I depends, as I said, on what the referent of the last two descriptives are—of 'remembrance' or 'sense'.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your continuing support.
You said "it" indicates "the misery," not "remembrance."
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You said "it" indicates "the misery," not "remembrance."
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park sang joon I'd like to let us suppose a comma is omitted before "it."That is not grammatically possible.
'of the misery it was to my young heart' = 'of the misery that it was to my young heart.'
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