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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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What's this meaning 'merely not'
Hi there. firstly, i'd like say thank you in advance.
I came across some inacceptible sentences as follows.
' He is merely not born. He can't see, he can't hear, He can't feel, in any full sense. He can eat his dinner.'
i understand what it means. But i've known merely is similar to only, this sentence seems to me that he is only alive artificially not unborn. Is that correct? if so, is there any different meaning in particular?
I came across some inacceptible sentences as follows.
' He is merely not born. He can't see, he can't hear, He can't feel, in any full sense. He can eat his dinner.'
i understand what it means. But i've known merely is similar to only, this sentence seems to me that he is only alive artificially not unborn. Is that correct? if so, is there any different meaning in particular?
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" By the way, the quote is from Arnold Bennett in 1908, writing about literature and how it makes us really alive, not just going through the motions of living.
- " By the way, the quote is from Arnold Bennett in 1908, writing about literature and how it makes us really alive, not just going through the motions of living.
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It means "only."
By the way, the quote is from Arnold Bennett in 1908, writing about literature and how it makes us really alive, not just going through the motions of living.
By the way, the quote is from Arnold Bennett in 1908, writing about literature and how it makes us really alive, not just going through the motions of living.
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