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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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whiffing through the air, off-guard

The world I got out into is wild and lawless. "Whiffing through the air, off-guard, reality countered me."
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Can I interpret it as When I am whiffing through the air and off-guard, reality countered me?
  

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Hi I don't think so - it's a rather wild and lawless sentence! "Whiffing through the air" usually refers to another thing so I think it has to refer to reality and not to the narrator - It was an unlawful place. Within minutes of arriving there were bullets whiffing through the air Maybe I would say: - The world I got out into is wild and lawless.

— Dave_anon

  • Hi I don't think so - it's a rather wild and lawless sentence!
  • "Whiffing through the air" usually refers to another thing so I think it has to refer to reality and not to the narrator - It was an unlawful place.
  • Within minutes of arriving there were bullets whiffing through the air Maybe I would say: - The world I got out into is wild and lawless.
  • Reality, whiffing through the air, caught me off-guard and countered me Dave
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Hi

I don't think so - it's a rather wild and lawless sentence!

"Whiffing through the air" usually refers to another thing so I think it has to refer to reality and not to the narrator

- It was an unlawful place. Within minutes of arriving there were bullets whiffing through the air

Maybe I would say:

- The world I got out into is wild and lawless. Real
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