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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The analyses of a text #4
The narrator recalls his childhood.
He was forced to work for his own living for Mr. Murdstone's friend Mr. Quinion at London by his stepfather Mr. Murdstone.
When the protagonist started to run away to his grand aunt Miss Betsey, he was robbed his money and box by a porter and then he abandoned pursuing him after a long distance pursuit.
A plan had occurred to me for passing the night, which I was going to carry into execution. This was to lie behind the wall at the back of my old school, in a corner where there used to be a haystack. I imagined it would be a kind of company to have the boys, and the bedroom where I used to tell the stories, so near me, although the boys would know nothing of my being there, and the bedroom would yield me no shelter.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if it refers to "to have the boys, and the bedroom."
2. I'd like to know if "so near me" is an objective complement of "have."
3. And I'd like to know if what "company" means here.
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 his stepfather Mr. Murdstone.
When the protagonist started to run away to his grand aunt Miss Betsey, he was robbed his money and box by a porter and then he abandoned pursuing him after a long distance pursuit.
A plan had occurred to me for passing the night, which I was going to carry into execution. This was to lie behind the wall at the back of my old school, in a corner where there used to be a haystack. I imagined it would be a kind of company to have the boys, and the bedroom where I used to tell the stories, so near me, although the boys would know nothing of my being there, and the bedroom would yield me no shelter.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if it refers to "to have the boys, and the bedroom."
2. I'd like to know if "so near me" is an objective complement of "have."
3. And I'd like to know if what "company" means here.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. It refers to "to have the boys, and the bedroom where I used to tell the stories, so near me", in the sense that the meaning is "to have the boys, and the bedroom where I used to tell the stories, so near me, would be a kind of company". It is an anticipatory "it".
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- It refers to "to have the boys, and the bedroom where I used to tell the stories, so near me", in the sense that the meaning is "to have the boys, and the bedroom where I used to tell the stories, so near me, would be a kind of company".
- It is an anticipatory "it".
- 2.
- Yes.
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1. It refers to "to have the boys, and the bedroom where I used to tell the stories, so near me", in the sense that the meaning is "to have the boys, and the bedroom where I used to tell the stories, so near me, would be a kind of company". It is an anticipatory "it".
2. Yes.
3. The fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship an
2. Yes.
3. The fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship an
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