"Lunch came in as they were off sheerness"
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You must give us the source of any quote. What is the name of the novel and the author?
Are you sure that "sheerness" didn't start with a capital letter in the original?
Are you sure that "sheerness" didn't start with a capital letter in the original?
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Same novel "Three men in a boat" and its "Sheerness". You are correct it starts with a capital "S".
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What do you mean by "same novel"? You haven't mentioned the name of the novel in this thread before. You haven't told us the author either. So start again. Write a new post (not a new thread) asking your question again, using correct capitalisation in the quote and giving the name of the novel and the author.
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"Lunch came in as they were off Sheerness". This sentence is from the novel "Three Men in a Boat" written by Jerome K Jerome.
Could you please explain to me what this sentence means?
Could you please explain to me what this sentence means?
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Thanks for reposting with the correct construction.
To be "off Sheerness" means that the boat was in the water a short distance away from Sheerness (a town in Kent, in the south-east of England). "Lunch came in" suggests to me that lunch was ready, or was delivered by one of the three men on the boat. If it's a fishing boat, it's possible that it means that they caught some fish just in time to eat them for lunch. I've never read the book so I don't know the rest of the context.
To be "off Sheerness" means that the boat was in the water a short distance away from Sheerness (a town in Kent, in the south-east of England). "Lunch came in" suggests to me that lunch was ready, or was delivered by one of the three men on the boat. If it's a fishing boat, it's possible that it means that they caught some fish just in time to eat them for lunch. I've never read the book so I don't know the rest of the context.
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The food was being prepared. They weren't catching fish.
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