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What does 「そう」mean in this sentence? 「ねっ 私の手を引き剥がそうと しないでほしいです」
Your sentence doesn't have そう. 剥がそう is the volitional-form (aka う/よう-form) of 剥がす. 剥がそう might look like a そう-form because 剥がす happens to end with an S, but remember that そう meaning "looks like&...
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What does せり mean in 「ワレ奇襲ニ成功セリ」
「成功せ」 -- 未然形 of the classical サ変 verb 「成功す」
(「せ」 -- 未然形 of the classical サ変 verb 「す」, which corresponds to 「する」 in modern Japanese)
「り」 -- classical auxiliary, 完了の助動詞 「り」
「ワレ奇襲ニ成功セリ」 means 「私は奇襲に成功した。」...
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