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Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Woooow!

I haven't written here for a while and I can see the forum has gone through some changes...I like this new design, very nice.

Well, I have here a question hope you will help me Emotion: smile Here's the sentense:

"The walls, such they be, are crawling with geometric hallucinations"

It may sound funny and it doesn't matter how I got to this sentence but I need to translate it and I can't see what the phrase "such they be" means (here). After googling it I saw it most commonly appears as "if such they be". I suspect the latter phrase mean something like "if it cab be called like this"...:\ I think I need some clarifications here.

Thanks in advance
  

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The walls, for in fact that is what they are , are crawling with hallucinations. ) does not at first recognize the vertical surfaces as walls. PS: Glad you like the new walls, Mav!

— Mister Micawber

  • The walls, for in fact that is what they are , are crawling with hallucinations.
  • ) does not at first recognize the vertical surfaces as walls.
  • PS: Glad you like the new walls, Mav!
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The walls, for in fact that is what they are, are crawling with hallucinations.

The writer suggests that the character (under the influence of drugs?) does not at first recognize the vertical surfaces as walls.



PS: Glad you like the new walls, Mav!
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Hello Mr.M

Thanks for you explanation Emotion: smile got it!
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