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Why does Wells refer to the Martian spacecraft as "the Thing"?

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Slav-nsk [51]2 years ago

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Because he doesn't fully understand what it is yet - Apex

sergejj [24]2 years ago

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Answer: Because due to its characteristics he could not find one single word to describe it.

Explanation:

In his novel published in the year of 1898 called "The War of the Worlds" the author H.G. Wells described the martians as creatures, and the martian spacecraft as something with tentacles and a heat-ray and a tube-gun to be a "thing". In Chapter 10 H. G. Wells first describes the fighting machines as it quotes: "And this Thing I saw! How can I describe it? A monstrous tripod, higher than many houses, striding over the young pine trees, and smashing them aside in its career; a walking engine of glittering metal, striding now across the heather; articulate ropes of steel dangling from it, and the clattering tumult of its passage mingling with the riot of the thunder."

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Lets first of all give some definitions.

Independent and Dependent Clauses

An independent clause is a sentence that can stand on its own as a complete sentence.

A dependent clause however cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence.

Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-complex sentences

A simple sentence is a complete sentence that consists of a subject and a predicate. It is also known as an independent clause

A compound sentence is a combination of an independent clause with a dependant clause often with a coordinating conjunction.

A complex sentence on the other hand consists of one independent clause with one or more dependent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction.

While a compound-complex sentence consists of two independent clauses joined with at least one or more dependent clauses.

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