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Spectacled-Girl Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Twelve

'If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now'.---James Hillman.

I have two questions to ask..

1) The 'being' in the sentence is used to emphasis that the process is still going on, it has not ended (is the word 'ended' correct to use in this case?), right?

2) What does the bolded word 'twelve' mean? Does it only mean the time 'twelve o-clock' or are there other special meanings?

Thanks. Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

#1 Yes, you have understood it. #2 "at twelve years old" from the context. "You" had been abused in some way or another at the age of twelve, and this abuse had remained in "your" memory, affecting "your" behaviour/

— Feebs11

  • #1 Yes, you have understood it.
  • #2 "at twelve years old" from the context.
  • "You" had been abused in some way or another at the age of twelve, and this abuse had remained in "your" memory, affecting "your" behaviour/
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#1 Yes, you have understood it.

#2 "at twelve years old" from the context. "You" had been abused in some way or another at the age of twelve, and this abuse had remained in "your" memory, affecting "your" behaviour/
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Thanks Feebs! Emotion: big smile

Ohya, I have one more question:

"You" had been abused in some way or another at the age of t
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If talking about consequences considered at an event or an reference moment in the past, the past perfect is justified.

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Marius HancuIf talking about consequences considered at an event or an reference moment in the past, the past perfect is justified.

Past perfect = had remained (in this case) right?

Thanks again.
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