Harry
Could I understand this phrase " until, at present,"?
The more carefully nature has been studied, the more widely has order been found to prevail, while what seemed disorder has proved to be nothing more than complexity; until, at present, no one is so foolish as to believe that anything happens by chance, or that there are any real accidents which have no cause.
2015年3月13日 07:00
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It links back to the phrase "... the more widely has order been found to prevail...." The writing style seems a bit old fashioned, is this perhaps from a hundred years ago?
2015年3月13日
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until, at present, no one is so foolish as to believe that anything happens by chance, or that there are any real accidents which have no cause.
This is sound as:
Until (at present) no one ...
"At present" is precisely and this grammar construction is a replacement of Present Perfect Continuous tense
2015年3月13日
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