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Hollint Posted 4 years ago
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What does this statement mean?
After failing most of her exams, her resolve had reached its limit a long time ago.
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hollint After failing most of her exams, her resolve had reached its limit a long time ago. That's a rather confused statement. 'after' says this happened later than her exams, but 'had reached' says this happened earlier than her exams.
- hollint After failing most of her exams, her resolve had reached its limit a long time ago.
- That's a rather confused statement.
- 'after' says this happened later than her exams, but 'had reached' says this happened earlier than her exams.
- It's hard to know what it means.
- Focusing just on "her resolve (had) reached its limit", that means she felt unable to continue because she more or less ran out of courage and enthusiasm for the task.
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hollintAfter failing most of her exams, her resolve had reached its limit a long time ago.
That's a rather confused statement. 'after' says this happened later than her exams, but 'had reached' says this happened earlier than her exams. It's hard to know what it means.
Focusing just on "her resolve (had) reached its limit", that
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