Re: Grammar question
Wow, that was comprehensive. Thank you very much!So now basically it is undecided which "standard and sensible" rule is the actual ruel of correct grammar. If we take this concept to the extreme it...
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I agree with you Jim. I think 6 years down the line, Lizzy and Jane would be even "handsomer" given the privaledged lives they led and their "happy" marriages. While Lydia would have led a harder...
View ArticleDeath Comes to Pemberley- part 1
Does anyone have a link for DCTP part 1 for the U.S.? I missed it, recorded part 2, missed part 1. I can only find snippets and previews! Thank you!
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Having not seen the movie, I have no desire to argue with you about the other casting choices. And I did state in my original comment that I thought she now looks too old. But when I think of Anna...
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I love Captain Wentworth so much that I must refute your reference to him and say that Ciaran Hinds was handsome. I think any of his films from Jane Eyre 1997 and before he could be considered...
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Agnes Beatrix Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> So now basically it is undecided which "standard> and sensible" rule is the actual ruel of correct> grammar. If we...
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J. Jones Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> For "It is I," there is a part of the sentence> that is not spoken, but with a context understood> by both speakers....
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I had one moment of genuine instruction from my eighth grade English teacher (all he ever did was give us written assignments and make himself available to answer questions--how he kept his job is a...
View ArticleRe: Death Comes to Pemberley- part 1
Have you tried the website of your PBS affiliate? If you search Death Comes to Pemberley full episode 1, that might work. Here is a link I was able to pull: [www.pbs.org]If the free link does not...
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It happens in Dutch too - but then, it's a closely related language.Once my children started going to school, they started to come home with beter dan mij (better than me), instead of beter dan ik. I...
View ArticleDCTP; Mystery of the Hair-do's
I just found out on PBS.org, masterpiece, that Matthew Rhys was wearing a wig for this movie. Too bad. now I know why the parted side looks bad. And Anna, decided to wear her "country hair-do"....
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That wig was a bad choice. I wonder what the point was? Did the director wish to suggest that as Darcy ages, he loses his hair and becomes less attractive? This does happen often enough. Similarly,...
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Gloria L. Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I love Captain Wentworth so much that I must> refute your reference to him and say that Ciaran> Hinds was handsome. I...
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The problem is that that violates another (politeness-motivated and, sure, prescriptive) rule: when mentioning another and yourself, put yourself last. It's why you don't say I and Jane saw it. Me and...
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Katy and I saw Part II yesterday. Aside from the "looks" thing (and that's no small thing; for cyring out loud, the maids are better-looking than Lizzy, as has been pointed out on another thread;...
View ArticleAn American Woman Abroad. Part 3, Ch. 33-34, up at ANI
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Was weeding through old books we've inherited from various family members and discovered one volume of a study Bible series printed in London in 1811. Thought a community of Jane Austen/Regency-philes...
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I meant the idea about no rules of grammar as somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I am also rather pedantic and old fashioned in my own language, but I also recognize the fact that language is evolving. I may...
View ArticleRe: DCTP; Mystery of the Hair-do's
That's what I thought too! Still, I enjoyed it. The one drawback is I then started reading Regina Jeffers' The Pemberley Phantom and kept picturing those actors in the book for a while instead of Mr....
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