The book has quite a few plot holes. For example, it's never explained why the main character came to town.
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For example
Synonyms for "for example" (32 found)
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Preposition(2 words)
as an illustrationcase in point
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e.g.
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for instancein passingincidentallyinstancelikenamelypar exempleparentheticallyspeaking ofthusto illustrate
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for instance
Preposition(3 words)
for instancesuch asto illustrate
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The more highly the injured part is endowed with sensory nerves the more marked is the shock; a crush of the hand, for example, is attended with a more intense degree of shock than a correspondingly severe crush of the foot
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For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.
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