Things our schoolmates’ fathers did
From To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout, the narrator, is talking about her father.
He did not do the things our schoolmates’ fathers did: he never went hunting, he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read.
What does the "the" in "the things" denote?
I suppose it means "all of the things." To us readers, it might also imply that those things were known to Scout. The novel is set in a small Alabama town in the 1930s, so there might not have been many things an ordinary person could do at the time.
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Lerethel What does the "the" in "the things" denote? It doesn't denote anything. "the" is a function word.
- Lerethel What does the "the" in "the things" denote?
- It doesn't denote anything.
- "the" is a function word.
- It doesn't signify an object of any kind.
- He did not do the things our schoolmates' fathers did.
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LerethelWhat does the "the" in "the things" denote?
It doesn't denote anything. "the" is a function word. It doesn't signify an object of any kind.
He did not do the things our schoolmates' fathers did.
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He did not do those things that our schoolmates' fathers did.
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