Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3 AIL 0237 short lesson, about 20 seconds
When the Word Is Not Archaic At All
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The idea
Some word-in-context items use an ordinary modern word and test whether you noticed which of its everyday senses the clause needs. No period knowledge helps. The whole answer is in the sentence, and the procedure is unchanged: read it all, substitute, check the grammar.
In practice
The procedure does not change.
Where people slip
Not every such item is about old English.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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