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Questions

Question 6.1

Drystubble is now called Droogstoppel(sentences <6> and <38>), and Shawlman is Scarfman (sentence <1>). Droogstoppel’s firm is no longer at Laurier Canal but at Lauriergracht (sentences <6>, <30>, <38>).

What do you think is the significance of these shifts?

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Question 6.2

What about sentence <37> in Edwards? What corresponds to it in Nahuijs and Siebenhaar?

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Question 6.3

Compare sentence <13> in Edwards with the corresponding sentence <14> in Siebenhaar 1927 and sentence <11> in Nahuijs 1868.

What do you conclude about Edwards’s priorities in opting for his solution?

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Question 6.4

How about the form of address in Droogstoppel’s opening sentence and the later occurrences of the key word in sentences <22>, <31> and <34>?

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Question 6.5

Compare Edwards sentences <18> and <19> with the corresponding sentences in Siebenhaar 1927 (sentences <19> and <20>) and Nahuijs 1868 (sentence <15>).

What do you conclude about the relation between Edwards’s version to Siebenhaar’s?

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