Jayden Cool
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Chief Randolph came in shortly thereafter, looking tired but not unsatisfied. “I think we’ve lost some of the younger recruits for good—Dodson, Rawcliffe, and the Richardson boy are all gone—but most of the others stuck. And I’ve got some new ones. Joe Boxer … Stubby Norman … Aubrey Towle … his brother owns the bookstore, you know …”
Question 1: Why did the author use past tense in “but most of the others stuck” ?
Question 2: I’m just wondering if “but most of the others stick” is right because the former sentence “Dodson, Rawcliffe, and the Richardson boy are all gone” used present tense.
2016年2月14日 08:28
回答 · 6
Are you sure the sentence isn't, "but most of the others stuck around" or "but most of the others are stuck?". It sounds very weird just to say "but most of the others stuck". Maybe I am not understanding the context, but we do not normally use "stuck" in this way.
Also, it should be either "and the Richardson boys are all gone" or "and the Richardson boy is gone". Saying "and the Richardson boy are all gone" is incorrect.
Let me know how it should be written and I will answer your other two questions based on that!
2016年2月14日
This is short for “but most of the others stuck around”. Past tense because the others left in the past, so the Author is hinting at the fact that there was a group decision/event in the past where some decided to leave and some decided to stay. Those who stayed, decided to stick around.
2016年2月14日
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