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I'm reading John Wyndham's The Chrysalids, and I noticed this:
I don't see how the presence or absence of that not makes any difference to the meaning. Similar to these sentences. | ||
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To me it adds a sense that the writer feels that the time HAS come, without question, despite hs claiming to be perplexed. It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti | |||
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I wonder if in this case it isn't a form of "...perplexing to know whether or not the time had come..." | |||
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I agree with Geoff. It's idiomatic and it emphasizes that the time has come. WM | |||
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Ditto to Geoff and wordmatic. Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. | |||
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Well, I don't get that interpretation, but fair enough. | |||
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Yes, in rereading it I can see that it isn't my way. Yet, I don't interpret it Geoff's way either. On a different point, in that 2006 post that you linked to, goofy, I see it was your first time here with us. So glad you joined us! | |||
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