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welkins2139
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 Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: presence |
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To that we owe her presence in this littered room.
Would you explain the bold text?
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CP
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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It means, "That is the reason that she is in this room"; "Her presence in this room is due to / owing to that."
The "that" is presumably something already mentioned by the speaker or writer.
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