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OpenStudy (sagewilson):

Help Please Source text: Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Which of the following correctly punctuates the changes made to the above excerpt? Thoreau relates time to a stream, "I drink at [the stream]; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is." Thoreau relates time to a stream, "I drink at . . . the stream; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is." Thoreau relates time to a stream, I drink at [it]; but while I drink I see the sand

OpenStudy (sagewilson):

*sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Thoreau relates time to a stream, "I drink at the stream; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is."

pooja195 (pooja195):

yes you are correct

pooja195 (pooja195):

Thoreau relates time to a stream, "I drink at the stream; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is."

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