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“You won’t sell much plate-glass here, John”, said I. “Why do you get off at this end-o-the world?” (а) Why does the narrator point out that John won’t sell much plate-glass there? (b) Where was John getting off and why?
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01/02/2021 11:50 am
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
“You won’t sell much plate-glass here, John”, said I. “Why do you get off at this end-o-the world?”
(а) Why does the narrator point out that John won’t sell much plate-glass there?
(b) Where was John getting off and why?
(c) Explain ‘end-o’-the world’?
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01/02/2021 11:51 am

(a) The narrator points this fact to John as the place where he was alighting was almost a deserted place.
(b) He was getting off at Cocktown to get some petunias for his wife.
(c) ‘a place beyond which there is nothing.’
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