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English grammar, word usages, and related topics.
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James: such another
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Hello: "Such another" does it mean "such an extraordinary person (perhaps in the bad here)" or someone detestable or ordinary? --- [Sarah doesn't like at all Mme Vionnet, Chad's friend in Paris and she's blaming Stether for tolerating her. She contrasts the quality of her family's women, thus her and her mother, with that of Mme... more »
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James: answered for his reapperance
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Hello: What is the meaning of "answer for" in the last sentence? "Guarantee" or "explain?" --- [Stether tries to find Chad at this residence. No such luck.] He went late that evening to the Boulevard Malesherbes, having his impression that it would be vain to go early, and having also, more than once in the course of the day, made enquiries of the concierge.... more »
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James: luminosity
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Hello: "Luminosity," could it mean "enlightment/clarification?" BTW, is Sally a common diminutive for Sarah? --- [Sarah/Sally's afraid of the man Chad, her own brother, has become in Paris] "Her difficulty," Strether returned, "has been simply that she finds she's afraid of you. She's not afraid of ME, [...]... more »
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James: so that / that
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Hello: Do you think that: "Well, I feel_so that_ I've violently landed somewhere_that_ I think I must have been thrown." could still be used these days? Also, does it mean: "Well, I feel that _in order to_ violently land somewhere I must have been thrown." Very strange (or perhaps not?), two quite distant versions are... more »
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I lost a word, yawn-uhrr is its sound.
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I'm trying to remember a word that means only one of the two: a) a period or an era; Or, it could also mean b) genre, classification (usu. used in reference to fine arts, cinema or literary prose) I remember I have heard it being used in either one or both of the senses mentioned above. Heck, I could be wrong about both. It probably... more »
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