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Chapter VI
"Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?" Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle. "Oh, but they do! I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today. Genuine liking!
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “"Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Oh, but they do!
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From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Oh, but they do!
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From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
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From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading Genuine liking!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
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From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
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From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
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From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading Genuine liking!
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From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
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From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
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From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
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From this reading "Oh, but they do!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
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From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
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From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, but they do!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
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From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
at the time that
From this reading I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today.
which person or people
From this reading Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
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From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
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From this reading "Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?"
