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Tracyteo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The meaning of the sentence
Q: what does "weather it might not be" mean in this sentence?
"I thought of nothing but weather it might not be Colonel Brandon come back again."
"I thought of nothing but weather it might not be Colonel Brandon come back again."
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Does it make more sense to you if you write 'whether' rather than 'weather'?
- Does it make more sense to you if you write 'whether' rather than 'weather'?
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Does it make more sense to you if you write 'whether' rather than 'weather'?
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Thanks. fivejedjon. The original text is 'whether'.
"I thought of nothing but whether it might not be Colonel Brandon come back again."
Q: I don't understand the sentence. Can someone explain it?
"I thought of nothing but whether it might not be Colonel Brandon come back again."
Q: I don't understand the sentence. Can someone explain it?
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Omit the 'not', which is rather formal and old-fashioned, and the meaning should be clear.
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"I thought of nothing but whether it might not be Colonel Brandon come back again."
The speaker saw someone or something or heard someone or something, and imagined that it might be the long-lost Colonel Brandon.
The speaker saw someone or something or heard someone or something, and imagined that it might be the long-lost Colonel Brandon.
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