“eliminate the society and there is every reason to believe that he will learn to walk, and, indeed, he will survive at all.”
What does “indeed”here mean? Some grammatical explanation could be better:)

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essielee35

4 February

Simplified Chinese (China)

And “at all”here also confuses me a lot. I checked the dictionary and it says “at all” is used in negative sentences and questions. Why it is used in a positive sentence here?

threetoed

4 February

English (US)

@esperanzalee "indeed" is used here to infer that the speaker is agreeing with a concept or statement.

it's one of those expressions that, if removed, would not change the meaning of the sentence. it only adds a conversational style to the quote.

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essielee35

4 February

Simplified Chinese (China)

Thank you!

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“eliminate the society and there is every reason to believe that he will learn to walk, and, indeed, he will survive at all.”
What does “indeed”here mean? Some grammatical explanation could be better:)

“eliminate the society and there is every reason to believe that he will learn to walk, and, indeed, he will survive at all.”What does “indeed”here mean? Some grammatical explanation could be better:) See a translation

@esperanzalee "indeed" is used here to infer that the speaker is agreeing with a concept or statement.it's one of those expressions that, if removed, would not change the meaning of the sentence. it only adds a conversational style to the quote.

“eliminate the society and there is every reason to believe that he will learn to walk, and, indeed, he will survive at all.”
What does “indeed”here mean? Some grammatical explanation could be better:)

@esperanzalee "indeed" is used here to infer that the speaker is agreeing with a concept or statement.

it's one of those expressions that, if removed, would not change the meaning of the sentence. it only adds a conversational style to the quote.