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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
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Yet now she seems to have given herself to a young man

Yet now she seems to have given herself to a young man who shows as few signs of rising as anyone whom I know, and who has much, for which he is not responsible, to keep him down.

Who has much what?

He is not responsible for what?

Where does to keep him down belong to in the sentence?
  

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Hi Volcano Volcano1985 Who has much what? who=young man much=many things Volcano1985 He is not responsible for what? He (the young man) is not responsible for the things that might keep him down.

  • Hi Volcano Volcano1985 Who has much what?
  • who=young man much=many things Volcano1985 He is not responsible for what?
  • He (the young man) is not responsible for the things that might keep him down.
  • These things will possibly prevent him from rising/improving.
  • Volcano1985 Where does to keep him down belong to in the sentence?
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Hi Volcano
Volcano1985Who has much what?
who=young man
much=many things
Volcano1985He is not responsible for what?
He (the young man) is not responsible for the things that might keep him down. These things will possibly prevent him from rising/improving.
Volcano1985Where does to keep him down

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