Both Uses of
strata
in
Sister Carrie
- In the view of a certain stratum of society, Carrie was comfortably established-in eyes of the traveling, beaten by every wind and gusty sheet of rain, she was safe in a halcyon harbor.
Chpt 10 *stratum = social classeditor's notes: Strata, the plural form of this word is used much more commonly than the singular form. Many Latin words that end in "um" are made plural by changing the "um" to "a"--such as stratum to strata, bacterium to bacteria, and millennium to millennia. In modern writing, changing the "um" to "ums" is also accepted for many Latin words ending in um, but not for any of those listed above.
- Such men as these were of the lowest stratum welcomed at the resort.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
-
(strata) layers
or:
levels, classes, or groups into which people or other things are divided