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what does the candidate do in his free time
“At 9pm this evening, I have to meet with my group on a video call”. It’s unnecessary for the reader to know the time the narrator was born within this context.
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monkeys, dogs, and birds all are wild but can be tame too
The only thing I can find is that Jerome had taken a very similar trip along the Thames for his honeymoon in 1888, and his experiences provided him the subject material for the novel. I don't see, in my copy, an acknowledgement to any particular person.
