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The Scarlet Letter
Hi,
I wanted to read this book long ago. Thinking that it would be beneficient for my English studies I bought it... I was so happy when it arrived... and What a surprise!! I can't understand it... Well, I am exaggerating... I understand parts, but it has those words "thou" and "thee" and so on... I don't know if it is appropriated to learn them... and then, there are grammar constructions that I don't know if they are still in practice or they are mistakes nowadays, like this one:
"The first time was three or four years since, when I favored the reader-inexcusably, and for no earthly reason that either the indulgent reader or the intrusive author could imagine.. "
This paragraph is in the first page... and I don't understand why "since" goes at the end... Is it an exception of "since"?
Could you please give your advice?
Thanks a lot!
Irma.
I wanted to read this book long ago. Thinking that it would be beneficient for my English studies I bought it... I was so happy when it arrived... and What a surprise!! I can't understand it... Well, I am exaggerating... I understand parts, but it has those words "thou" and "thee" and so on... I don't know if it is appropriated to learn them... and then, there are grammar constructions that I don't know if they are still in practice or they are mistakes nowadays, like this one:
"The first time was three or four years since, when I favored the reader-inexcusably, and for no earthly reason that either the indulgent reader or the intrusive author could imagine.. "
This paragraph is in the first page... and I don't understand why "since" goes at the end... Is it an exception of "since"?
Could you please give your advice?
Thanks a lot!
Irma.
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[nq:1]Hi, I wanted to read this book long ago. Thinking that it would be beneficient for my English studies I ... in the first page...
- [nq:1]Hi, I wanted to read this book long ago.
- Thinking that it would be beneficient for my English studies I ...
- in the first page...
- and I don't understand why "since" goes at the end...
- [/nq] The Scarlet Letter is set in the seventeenth century, puritanical, New England colony of Massachusetts.
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[nq:1]Hi, I wanted to read this book long ago. Thinking that it would be beneficient for my English studies I ... in the first page... and I don't understand why "since" goes at the end... Is it an exception of "since"?[/nq]
In modern English we would say "The first time was three or four years ago"
[nq:1]Could you please give your advice?[/nq]
The Scarlet Letter is set in the seventee
In modern English we would say "The first time was three or four years ago"
[nq:1]Could you please give your advice?[/nq]
The Scarlet Letter is set in the seventee
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[nq:1]The Scarlet Letter is set in the seventeenth century, puritanical, New England colony of Massachusetts. That means the language is ... That can be very confusing, so I would advise against your struggling with this book now. Keep it for later.[/nq]
I will follow your advice gladly :-) and immediately.
Thanks a lot John
Have a nice day!
Irma.
I will follow your advice gladly :-) and immediately.
Thanks a lot John
Have a nice day!
Irma.
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