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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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why without a question mark
There's one comfort, the baby is well and happy, and does not have to occupy this nursery with the horrid wallpaper.
If we had not used it, tht blessed child would have! What a fortunate escape!
Why, I wound't have a child of mind, and impressionable little thing, live in such a room for worlds.
Q) The above exerpt(paragraph 117~119) is from "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Why there's no question mark in ther underlined part? Is that part a rhetorical question or what?
If we had not used it, tht blessed child would have! What a fortunate escape!
Why, I wound't have a child of mind, and impressionable little thing, live in such a room for worlds.
Q) The above exerpt(paragraph 117~119) is from "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Why there's no question mark in ther underlined part? Is that part a rhetorical question or what?
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It isn't a question. The why is an extra word to add emphasis. It is loosely equivalent here to Certainly .
- It isn't a question.
- The why is an extra word to add emphasis.
- It is loosely equivalent here to Certainly .
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It isn't a question. The why is an extra word to add emphasis. It is loosely equivalent here to Certainly.
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There are a number of typos or copy errors in your text. I believe the correct sentence is:
Why, I wouldn't have a child of mine, an impressionable little thing, live in such a room for worlds.
In this case "Why" is an exclamation, adding emphasis. It is not the usual question-forming "why".
Why, I wouldn't have a child of mine, an impressionable little thing, live in such a room for worlds.
In this case "Why" is an exclamation, adding emphasis. It is not the usual question-forming "why".
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