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Pructus Posted 14 years ago
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Where water had stood
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The corn field ended and dark green cotton took its place, dark green leaves through a film of dust, and the bolls forming. It was spotty cotton, thick in the low places where water had stood, and bare on the high places. (The Grapes of Wrath, chapter 4)
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Hi,
The "had stood"....
As it is in past perfect, does it mean that the water there resisted the dehydration and there used to be some water before, and there is no water now? So, even though there is no water now, some traces of water remains.
Or does it mean that there still is water there?
The corn field ended and dark green cotton took its place, dark green leaves through a film of dust, and the bolls forming. It was spotty cotton, thick in the low places where water had stood, and bare on the high places. (The Grapes of Wrath, chapter 4)
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Hi,
The "had stood"....
As it is in past perfect, does it mean that the water there resisted the dehydration and there used to be some water before, and there is no water now? So, even though there is no water now, some traces of water remains.
Or does it mean that there still is water there?
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pructus As it is in past perfect, does it mean that the water there resisted the dehydration and there used to be some water before, and there is no water now? Or does it mean that there still is water there? I would take it to mean that the water had pooled in spots but that it has since evaporated or soaked into the ground not that the water is still there.
- pructus As it is in past perfect, does it mean that the water there resisted the dehydration and there used to be some water before, and there is no water now?
- Or does it mean that there still is water there?
- I would take it to mean that the water had pooled in spots but that it has since evaporated or soaked into the ground not that the water is still there.
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pructusAs it is in past perfect, does it mean that the water there resisted the dehydration and there used to be some water before, and there is no water now? So, even though there is no water now, some traces of water remains.Or does it mean that there still is water there?I would take it to mean that the water had pooled in spots but that it has since evapo
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