Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.

Hamlet: What hour now?

Horatio: * I think it lacks of twelve.*

Marcellus: No, it is struck.

Which is the best adaptation of the underlined part of the excerpt?

I think it is exactly twelve.

I think it is after twelve.

I think twelve will never come.

I think it is before twelve.

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5 November, 11:21

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Brett Haas · Answer 1

I’m pretty sure your answer is 4. I think it is before twelve.