Timeline for William Faulkner's "Soldiers' Pay" first paragraph
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| Mar 26, 2020 at 7:32 | comment | added | alex | At first, the existence of "did" was confusing for me, in addition to the metaphoric meaning of "booted" . Last night I reached the above mentioned meaning. And about "did", I found out that because of the "same that" instead of "same as" we need a verb in the following. Correct me if I am wrong. | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 7:01 | comment | added | alex | That's my understanding. Trivial now! | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 20:18 | comment | added | Hot Licks | I suspect that "booted", in this context, means something along the lines of "high ranking". And "jaundice" is often used metaphorically. | |
| Mar 25, 2020 at 20:05 | history | answered | GEdgar | CC BY-SA 4.0 |