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tinapril
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 Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: one questioin |
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| It was a total war, the tools of which included snipers� rifles and super-heavy artillery, midget submarines and aircraft carriers, single-seat fighters and strategic bombers, delivering death and wounds, war�s old currency, though bullet, high explosive, liquid fire and, latterly, the atomic bomb. |
What does war�s old currency, though... mean here?
Thanks in advance! |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: one questioin |
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| It was a total war, the tools of which included snipers� rifles and super-heavy artillery, midget submarines and aircraft carriers, single-seat fighters and strategic bombers, delivering death and wounds, war�s old currency, though bullet, high explosive, liquid fire and, latterly, the atomic bomb. |
What does war�s old currency... mean here? |
The writer is being poetic using a metaphor. Currency is something you trade. In this case, it is a metaphor for death and wounds (that are given and received between the two sides of a war) in the prior part of the sentence.
I think that is a typo/spelling error. It should be through. Rewrite and we get:
It was a total war, the tools... delivering death and wounds... through bullet, high explosive, liquid fire and, latterly, the atomic bomb.
That makes more sense. |
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tinapril
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| Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:43 am Post subject: Re: one questioin |
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| Bob S. wrote: |
| tinapril wrote: |
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| It was a total war, the tools of which included snipers� rifles and super-heavy artillery, midget submarines and aircraft carriers, single-seat fighters and strategic bombers, delivering death and wounds, war�s old currency, though bullet, high explosive, liquid fire and, latterly, the atomic bomb. |
What does war�s old currency... mean here? |
The writer is being poetic using a metaphor. Currency is something you trade. In this case, it is a metaphor for death and wounds (that are given and received between the two sides of a war) in the prior part of the sentence.
I think that is a typo/spelling error. It should be through. Rewrite and we get:
It was a total war, the tools... delivering death and wounds... through bullet, high explosive, liquid fire and, latterly, the atomic bomb.
That makes more sense. |
Thanks for your explanation! I see  |
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