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- Joined
- Jul 27, 2004
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- French
- Home Country
- France
- Current Location
- United States
a. Why don't you write such long poems as you used to write in your youth?
b. Why don't you write such long poems as those you used to write in your youth?
c. Why don't you write long poems like the ones you used to write in your youth?
Do they all mean the same?
Is the idea that the addressee doesn't write poems that are long, or that he or she doesn't write poems that are long and are similar to the poems he or she used to write?
Does the speaker want longl poems, or long poems that resemble the beautiful poems the addressee wrote in his or her youth?
Is it possible that the addressee does write long poems, but they are unlike the long poems he or she wrote in the past?
b. Why don't you write such long poems as those you used to write in your youth?
c. Why don't you write long poems like the ones you used to write in your youth?
Do they all mean the same?
Is the idea that the addressee doesn't write poems that are long, or that he or she doesn't write poems that are long and are similar to the poems he or she used to write?
Does the speaker want longl poems, or long poems that resemble the beautiful poems the addressee wrote in his or her youth?
Is it possible that the addressee does write long poems, but they are unlike the long poems he or she wrote in the past?
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