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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Verbal form: "Thinks I"
Dear all,
I am a Spanish student who is reading "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale." Although the novel is tough, I was dealing with it until I found this verbal form: "thinks I." I do not know how it works. This is the whole sentence:
"Still, looking round me again, and seeing no possible chance of spending a sufferable night unless in some other person's bed, I began to think that after all I might be cherishing unwarrantable prejudices against this unknown harpooneer. Thinks I, I'll wait awhile; he must be dropping in before long."
Please, could you help me?
Many thanks for your answer.
I am a Spanish student who is reading "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale." Although the novel is tough, I was dealing with it until I found this verbal form: "thinks I." I do not know how it works. This is the whole sentence:
"Still, looking round me again, and seeing no possible chance of spending a sufferable night unless in some other person's bed, I began to think that after all I might be cherishing unwarrantable prejudices against this unknown harpooneer. Thinks I, I'll wait awhile; he must be dropping in before long."
Please, could you help me?
Many thanks for your answer.
Top answer
" It is almost like there is an inner voice detached from your conscious self.
- " It is almost like there is an inner voice detached from your conscious self.
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Anonymous"thinks I."It just means "I think to myself."
It is almost like there is an inner voice detached from your conscious self.
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AnonymousThinks I, I'll wait awhile; he must be dropping in before longI thought, I'll wait ...
I thought to myself, I'll wait ...
I was thinking (to myself), I'll wait ...
It's most likely a turn of phrase that was in use at the time and place depicted in the novel.
CJ
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