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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analysis of a text #4
The narrator recalls his childhood.
Mr. Dick, who lives off the narrator's grand aunt, visit the boarding house the narrator lives in every other Wednesday.
Mr. Dick was very partial to gingerbread. To render his visits the more agreeable, my aunt had instructed me to open a credit for him at a cake-shop, which was hampered with the stipulation that he should not be served with more than one shilling's-worth in the course of any one day. This, and the reference of all his little bills at the country inn where he slept, to my aunt, before they were paid, induced me to suspect that he may only allowed to rattle his money, and not to spend it.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if "to my aunt" modifies "this, and the reference."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Mr. Dick, who lives off the narrator's grand aunt, visit the boarding house the narrator lives in every other Wednesday.
Mr. Dick was very partial to gingerbread. To render his visits the more agreeable, my aunt had instructed me to open a credit for him at a cake-shop, which was hampered with the stipulation that he should not be served with more than one shilling's-worth in the course of any one day. This, and the reference of all his little bills at the country inn where he slept, to my aunt, before they were paid, induced me to suspect that he may only allowed to rattle his money, and not to spend it.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
I'd like to know if "to my aunt" modifies "this, and the reference."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
It doesn't modify "this". It links to "the reference", but I wouldn't exactly say that it "modifies" it. e.
- It doesn't modify "this".
- It links to "the reference", but I wouldn't exactly say that it "modifies" it.
- e.
- the arrangements at the cake shop) induced me to suspect ...
- and The reference of all his bills at the inn to my aunt induced me to suspect ...
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It doesn't modify "this". It links to "the reference", but I wouldn't exactly say that it "modifies" it.
This (i.e. the arrangements at the cake shop) induced me to suspect ...
and
The reference of all his bills at the inn to my aunt induced me to suspect ...
(i.e. the fact that all his bills at the inn were referred to my aunt induced me to suspect ...)
This (i.e. the arrangements at the cake shop) induced me to suspect ...
and
The reference of all his bills at the inn to my aunt induced me to suspect ...
(i.e. the fact that all his bills at the inn were referred to my aunt induced me to suspect ...)
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