Question

Fan&&Medal...Can somebody see if I'm right?? :D

Which of these words in the passage is used in a way that would be most unclear to a modern reader without the context that is provided by the passage?

Press

Handsome

Mountings

>>Heredity

Answer 1

In the heat of the glowing July afternoon, the room, with blinds carefully closed, was full of a great calm. From the three windows, through the cracks of the old wooden shutters, came only a few scattered sunbeams which, in the midst of the obscurity, made a soft brightness that bathed surrounding objects in a diffused and tender light. It was cool here in comparison with the overpowering heat that was felt outside, under the fierce rays of the sun that blazed upon the front of the house.

Standing before the press which faced the windows, Dr. Pascal was looking for a paper that he had come in search of. With doors wide open, this immense press of carved oak, adorned with strong and handsome mountings of metal, dating from the last century, displayed within its capacious depths an extraordinary collection of papers and manuscripts of all sorts, piled up in confusion and filling every shelf to overflowing. For more than thirty years the doctor had thrown into it every page he wrote, from brief notes to the complete texts of his great works on heredity. Thus it was that his searches here were not always easy. He rummaged patiently among the papers, and when he at last found the one he was looking for, he smiled.

For an instant longer he remained near the bookcase, reading the note by a golden sunbeam that came to him from the middle window. He himself, in this dawnlike light, appeared, with his snow-white hair and beard, strong and vigorous; although he was near sixty, his color was so fresh, his features were so finely cut, his eyes were still so clear, and he had so youthful an air that one might have taken him, in his close-fitting, maroon velvet jacket, for a young man with powdered hair.

Answer 2

Or would it be press?

Answer 3

i'd say press... handsome is still used in modern times, mountings can be inferred to be metal parts of the press (as stated in the text) and heredity is what it is, that's not going to change in modern times

it might be tempting to say mountings, but that's part of the press... press is the "independent" noun here and the "mountings" are independent, if that makes sense?

Answer 4

A. Press or D. Heredity. I'm pretty sure it's A. Press though

Answer 5

i meant to say the mountings are DEPENDENT, sorry for the typo!

Answer 6

Okay, yes that makes sense!! Thank ya'll :D

Answer 7

i <3 Fans and Metals

Answer 8

I can only give one medal, maybe @mistermew could give you one :D

Answer 9

i'll be a fan for a fan

Answer 10

Lol, I already fanned you :) && I may have more questions, so I'll tag you if I need help!!

Answer 11

sorry, i'm not really into the whole promo thing, i'm just here to help people with english *u*

Answer 12

Lol, me either :D Thank you!

Answer 13

i don't much care for it, but if i could get one then i'm fine with it.