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Jerry Chen
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 Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:47 am Post subject: Need help from native speakers of English |
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Hello,
As the sentence says,
Little did the audience know that as I stood there looking "all together," my heart beat wildly. Then, I decided that this must not be true at all.
1. What does "all together" here mean?
2. Is it better to re-write the sentence as"...I decided that this must not have been true at all"?
Thanks for responding to my question!! |
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pugachevV
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All together, means composed.
He's telling us how he felt at that moment in the past, but he is using the present tense, for dramatic effect, to give us a sense of immediacy . |
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