tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post2571266039016593346..comments2023-05-06T01:52:27.335-07:00Comments on The Sentence Sleuth: Criminal Sentence 348: Redundant BesidesThe Sentence Sleuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253486236870691918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-12246607133955023602010-03-09T10:50:25.221-08:002010-03-09T10:50:25.221-08:00Hi.
A reliquary is a container that contains a bo...Hi. <br />A reliquary is a container that contains a bone or another body part from a saint or important religious person (a relic). It's usually a fancy gold item that you see in a Catholic church. I saw some when I went to Italy last year.<br />The sentence is one I took from a paragraph about events that happened before other events, so the "had" indicates this. For example, if I said, "I had eaten my sandwich by the time noon rolled around," I am relating two past events to each other.The Sentence Sleuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253486236870691918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-52716801210844041272010-03-09T09:12:33.071-08:002010-03-09T09:12:33.071-08:00"Besides the reliquaries, we had put [a] wood..."Besides the reliquaries, we had put [a] wooden chest in the wagon." <br /><br />1) Reliquary is a new word for me. What does it mean?<br /><br />2) What would happen to the meaning of the sentence if I took out 'had'?Mahashaktihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789692026556922009noreply@blogger.com