[lit-ideas] Re: The Mitchell family
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 09:19:10 EDT
Thanks to Geary for input.
In a message dated 8/1/2010 9:36:45 A.M., jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx
writes:
"Born on 1 March 1928, in Ashland, Mississippi, the Mitchell family moved
to Memphis, Tennessee when Willie was just two years old."
An odd family: parents and children born on the same day.
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Must say I had read the above from World Wide Words, ed. Quinion -- and the
proper credit was given elsewhere. The point, as Geary notes, is
anaphoric.
Good phrasing:
"Born on 1 March, 1928 In Ashland, Mississipi, there was Willie Mitchell.
His family (along with little Willie) moved to Memphis, Tennessee (rather
than Egypt) when Willie was two years old." I can't see the reason why add,
"just" two years old.
Speranza, Bordighera
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