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What does the word "particular" mean in the following context?
"Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there. She got mad then, but I didn’t mean no harm. All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warn’t particular. "
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Jul 19, 2020 6:37 AM
Answers · 3
Hello,
Change the 'warn't' to wasn't.
In this case the word 'particular' means a specific place. So the sentence means 'I just wanted to to go somewhere different, for a change'. The place does not matter it just has to be somewhere other than the current place.
July 19, 2020
In this context, it is best understood as fussy, or selective. As in - I didn't have a particular place I wanted to be, just not here. When you say you are not particular in a choice you are making, it means not bothered by which option is decided upon or you equally open to all options.
July 19, 2020
Here 'particular' means 'hard to please'/ difficult. In other words the person was not fussy or picky about where to go
July 19, 2020
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