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Wholegrain Posted 18 years ago
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What "there" means in this extract?

0 "Presently, as if not wholly unaffected by his reception thus far, he went forward, seating himself in a retired spot on the forecastle, nigh the foot of a ladder there leading to a deck above, up and down which ladder some of the boatmen, in discharge of their duties, were occasionally going."02br
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00Does it mean "in that place", "in the forecastle"? 0-
  

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01cite10wholegrain12cite10"Presently, as if not wholly unaffected by his reception thus far, he went forward, seating himself in a retired spot on the forecastle, nigh the foot of a ladder there leading to a deck above, up and down which ladder some of the boatmen, in discharge of their duties, were occasionally going."12br
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01cite10wholegrain12cite10Does it mean "in that place", "in the forecastle"?12blockquote
10 Yes. More specifically, 01i00(nigh the foot of a ladder) 01u00in the aforementioned retired spot on the forecastle02u02i00.02br
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0 I agree with Ray. "There" is where the ladder is. The ladder is not where "there" is.02br
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00The 01b01i01u00man02u02i02b00 is nigh the foot of a ladder. The ladder is 01b01i01u00there in a retired spot on the forecastle02u02i02b00, as is the man. The author use
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