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Re: because and ,because

2009-11-28T10:22:50Z

Only the second seems to make sense. Were the statements inverted, a
comma would be wanted:
Because it is raining, the barometer has fallen.
But in their normal order, no comma is needed or wanted.

Re: You will hear some silence while you wait

2009-11-28T10:21:53Z

Press 5 for Barker, Les.

Re: James: were only not

2009-11-28T10:19:31Z

I the end, I am going to have Cheryl's take or your's first:
I think the 'only' emphasizes the
emptiness of the lack of uncertainty.
I think Miss Gostrey's would like some uncertainty about Strether's
intentions, but not much is left to her, and she's a very grounded
person.
Marius Hancu

Re: You will hear some silence while you wait

2009-11-28T09:47:29Z

Jerry Friedman <jerry_fried...@yahoo.com>:
Press 0 for silence. Thank you.
In an airport-hotel shuttle recently I was handed a printed card showing
a menu of musical genres that I might care to listen to on the five-
minute journey. Silence wasn't listed but I chose it anyway.

Re: What shape is your building?

2009-11-28T09:54:17Z

Peter Moylan <gro.nalyomp@retep.?.invalid>:
Just one big fat pipe will do.
I really don't need to tell you this but there's no such thing as a
miserable climate, only miserable people. If the weather is dull the
best remedy IMO is to get out in it rather than staying indoors and
complaining about it.

James: so sacred to pleasant knowledge

2009-11-28T10:04:01Z

Hello:
First,
"the place had never before struck him as so sacred to pleasant
knowledge"
does this mean that
"pleasant knowledge held the place as sacred"
or
"the place had never before struck him as so sacred, leading to
pleasant knowledge?"
Also,
"which was somehow becoming, improving to life"
does this mean

because and ,because

2009-11-28T09:47:45Z

Let me ask you about two sentences below.
1) The barometer has fallen, because it is raining.
2) The barometer has fallen because it is raining.
With the presence or absence of a pause, is there any substantial
difference in meaning?
I know there rises a substantial difference in meaning when they're

James: she stopped him off

2009-11-28T09:45:00Z

Hello:
"she stopped him off"
Any extra meaning by adding "off?"
---
[Strether offers to tell Miss Gostrey about the miracle product of his
US town]
He offered now, should she really like to know, to name the great
product of Woollett. It would be a great commentary on everything. At
this she stopped him off; she not only had no wish to know, but she

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Re: Other NZ things I noticed

2009-11-28T09:21:25Z

His name wasn't Blewitt, by any chance?

Re: The New York Times

2009-11-28T09:07:12Z

...if you can find one - which I think is what Chuck meant by oxymoron.
I suppose they are still being produced, but I managed to transfer my few
remaining tapes to DVD a year or two back. Of course, that is probably just
in time for us to be told that DVD is now obsolete.
Regards
Jonathan

Re: Synecdoche [WAS: Mark Twain on Henry James]

2009-11-28T08:45:32Z

Richard Chambers:
With stone pmnives and bearskins.

Re: Mark Twain on Henry James

2009-11-28T08:42:48Z

Peter Duncanson:
At my last job, my co-workers from India always pronounced it (1) non-
rhotically, (2) with the accent on the first syllable, and (3) with an
accented vowel that did not come across to me as a short E -- with the
result that I always first heard it as "data-mined".

Re: Mark Twain on Henry James

2009-11-28T08:38:22Z

Jim Deutch:
Peter Duncanson:
No! A serial is like a normal series -- it goes on indefinitely, i.e.
until the ratings drop or the makers decide to quit -- but with the
additional characteristic of telling one continuous story.
Peter Duncanson:
The primary defining characteristic is the intention that it will tell

Re: Other NZ things I noticed

2009-11-28T08:25:34Z

Not yet. Wait till Easter.