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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
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Whatever he told
In the example:
"I'm going to play," he told Ron and Hermione. "If I don't, all the Slytherins will think I'm just too scared to face Snape. I'll show them... it'll really wipe the smiles off their faces if we win."
"Just as long as we're not wiping you off the field," said Hermione.
As the match drew nearer, however, Harry became more and more nervous, whatever he told Ron and Hermione.
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For the clause, whatever he told Ron and Hermione, is not perfect past sentence,
I think, whatever Harry told does not directly indicate the words he had already told.
Is this right?
"I'm going to play," he told Ron and Hermione. "If I don't, all the Slytherins will think I'm just too scared to face Snape. I'll show them... it'll really wipe the smiles off their faces if we win."
"Just as long as we're not wiping you off the field," said Hermione.
As the match drew nearer, however, Harry became more and more nervous, whatever he told Ron and Hermione.
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For the clause, whatever he told Ron and Hermione, is not perfect past sentence,
I think, whatever Harry told does not directly indicate the words he had already told.
Is this right?
Top answer
Yes, it seems confusing: he might be telling them repeatedly as he becomes more nervous. I've never considered J. K.
- Yes, it seems confusing: he might be telling them repeatedly as he becomes more nervous.
- I've never considered J.
- K.
- Rowling a particularly good writer, however.
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Yes, it seems confusing: he might be telling them repeatedly as he becomes more nervous. I've never considered J. K. Rowling a particularly good writer, however.
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Mister Micawberhe might be telling them repeatedly as he becomes more nervous
I guess what you say is the writer's intention.
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No, I don't think so. It is in spite of what he had told them before.
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