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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The analysis of a text #1
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He just now visited Peggoty's, who lives his home town with her husband, a coach man, Mr. Barkis.
I looked at her with a smile, but she gave me no smile in return. I had never ceased to write to her, but it must have been seven years since we had met.
"Is Mr. Barkis at home, ma'am" I said, feigning to speak roughly to her.
"He's at home, sir," returned Peggotty, "but he's bad abed with the the rheumatics."
"Don't he go over to Blunderstone now?" I asked.
"When he's well he do," she answered.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if "he's bad abed with the the rheumatics" means "he's bad with the rheumatics, so that he is abed."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He just now visited Peggoty's, who lives his home town with her husband, a coach man, Mr. Barkis.
I looked at her with a smile, but she gave me no smile in return. I had never ceased to write to her, but it must have been seven years since we had met.
"Is Mr. Barkis at home, ma'am" I said, feigning to speak roughly to her.
"He's at home, sir," returned Peggotty, "but he's bad abed with the the rheumatics."
"Don't he go over to Blunderstone now?" I asked.
"When he's well he do," she answered.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if "he's bad abed with the the rheumatics" means "he's bad with the rheumatics, so that he is abed."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
es. He's in bed, very ill with the rheumatics.
- es.
- He's in bed, very ill with the rheumatics.
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Thank you, Clive, for your so very kind answer. 
Then I was wondering why it is "he's bad abed with the the rheumatics," not"he'
Then I was wondering why it is "he's bad abed with the the rheumatics," not"he'
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I think Dickens probably wanted Peggotty to speak in a sub-standard and uneducated manner.
Clive
Clive
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