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Stenka25 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
What does ‘he’ stand for?
The passage below is from Jane Austin’s Sense And Sensibility.
I quoted the full paragraph, since this book is out of copyright.
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93s/chap1.html
When he gave his promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the present of a thousand pounds a-piece. He then really thought himself equal to it. The prospect of four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own mother’s fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity. — “Yes, he would give them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome! It would be enough to make them completely easy. Three thousand pounds! he could spare so considerable a sum with little inconvenience.”— He thought of it all day long, and for many days successively, and he did not repent.
In this passage can you tell me who the underlined ‘he’ represents?
There are only two possibilities of this question ‘he’ or ‘his father’ in the first sentence.
It seems to be ‘his father’ in a way, and it also seems to be able to stand for ‘he’ in another.
Can you tell me which one?
I quoted the full paragraph, since this book is out of copyright.
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/austen/jane/a93s/chap1.html
When he gave his promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the present of a thousand pounds a-piece. He then really thought himself equal to it. The prospect of four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own mother’s fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity. — “Yes, he would give them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome! It would be enough to make them completely easy. Three thousand pounds! he could spare so considerable a sum with little inconvenience.”— He thought of it all day long, and for many days successively, and he did not repent.
In this passage can you tell me who the underlined ‘he’ represents?
There are only two possibilities of this question ‘he’ or ‘his father’ in the first sentence.
It seems to be ‘his father’ in a way, and it also seems to be able to stand for ‘he’ in another.
Can you tell me which one?
Top answer
It is very clear to me that it does not mean the father. For example, it also mentions his mother and his sisters.
- It is very clear to me that it does not mean the father.
- For example, it also mentions his mother and his sisters.
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It is very clear to me that it does not mean the father.
For example, it also mentions his mother and his sisters.
For example, it also mentions his mother and his sisters.
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He is the son.
He has a father, mother and some sisters. He is thinking about giving his sisters £3000 each.
He has a father, mother and some sisters. He is thinking about giving his sisters £3000 each.
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