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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The analyses of a text #4
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow.
His grand aunt and her best friend came to London after her going bankrupt.
He encountered his best friend Agnes, who came to London to meet his grand aunt, came to his apartment with her.
Now His grand aunt tells them about her going bankrupt.
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Now, Agnes, you have a wise head. So have you, Trot, in some things, though I can't compliment you always'; and here my aunt shook her own at me, with an energy peculiar to herself. 'What's to be done? Here's the cottage, taking one time with another, will produce say seventy pounds a year. I think we may safely put it down at that. Well! - That's all we've got,' said my aunt; with whom it was an idiosyncrasy, as it is with some horses, to stop very short when she appeared to be in a fair way of going on for a long while.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I think "which" is omitted before "will."
If so, I'd like to know if if is owing to "here is."
2. I'd like to know what "taking one time with another" means.
3. And I'd like to know what "put it down at that" mean.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow.
His grand aunt and her best friend came to London after her going bankrupt.
He encountered his best friend Agnes, who came to London to meet his grand aunt, came to his apartment with her.
Now His grand aunt tells them about her going bankrupt.
....................................
Now, Agnes, you have a wise head. So have you, Trot, in some things, though I can't compliment you always'; and here my aunt shook her own at me, with an energy peculiar to herself. 'What's to be done? Here's the cottage, taking one time with another, will produce say seventy pounds a year. I think we may safely put it down at that. Well! - That's all we've got,' said my aunt; with whom it was an idiosyncrasy, as it is with some horses, to stop very short when she appeared to be in a fair way of going on for a long while.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I think "which" is omitted before "will."
If so, I'd like to know if if is owing to "here is."
2. I'd like to know what "taking one time with another" means.
3. And I'd like to know what "put it down at that" mean.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. This sentence is not properly grammatical. ) The intended meaning is that the cottage will produce (an income of) seventy pounds a year.
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- This sentence is not properly grammatical.
- ) The intended meaning is that the cottage will produce (an income of) seventy pounds a year.
- The question of whether "which" would go before "will" or after "cottage" depends on the answer to (2).
- 2.
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1. This sentence is not properly grammatical. (I suppose this is done knowingly, reflecting the fact that in real-life conversation people do not always speak in perfect sentences.) The intended meaning is that the cottage will produce (an income of) seventy pounds a year. The question of whether "which" would go before "will" or after "cottage" depends on the answer to (2).
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