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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: Please answer my question |
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The following sentence is what i came across in an article.
Why-when such a praise can bring so much pleasure?
I cannot understand "why-when". Please help me.
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CP
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:12 am Post subject: |
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It would help to see a few sentences that precede the one you have copied. But my guess is that the punctuation between why and when is not a hyphen but a dash, for emphasis, although a comma would have worked also.
My guess is that the question is something like, "Why [does the person react to praise this way], when such praise can bring so much pleasure?"
How does that fit with the context?
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jasonlulu_2000
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: thanks |
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| That fits perfpect |
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