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# Why were the days of old better than these?

The person asks this rhetorical question in order to complain about the present time. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "Things were better in the past than they are now." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# it is not because of wisdom that you ask this question

Here the author uses irony to rebuke the person's question. Alternate translation: "if you were wise you would not ask this question" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Why were the days of old better than these?`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The person asks this rhetorical question in order to complain about the present time. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "Things were better in the past than they are now." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# it is not because of wisdom that you ask this question`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here the author uses irony to rebuke the person's question. Alternate translation: "if you were wise you would not ask this question" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]])`
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