“A case in which we do have sloppy simultaneity is when a complement clause depending on hope or bet represents its posterior situation as if it were simultaneous.”
—Declerck, Renaat. Tense in English: Its structure and use in discourse.
This is actually absurdly apt. All kinds of hot action gonna be representing their posterior situations to me this year!
(Source: loveclaire)
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“The door to the room burst open, and a tall, distinguished-looking man strode into the room.” Sounds promising.
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Lmao @ the notes on this
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“was only ten, a skinny girl on a stolen horse with a dark forest ahead of her and men behind her who would gladly cut...
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“Stir before serving.” hmmmmm…
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….horror stories about parochial schools
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“You have the key, Senor?” he asked, except in that British public school accent it came out sounding like what you...
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Chocolate Bread Pudding…
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“Now, if I were to hear anybody speak slightly of you, I should fire up in a moment: but that is not at all likely, for...
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“She held him closer round...neck, and rocked him...her...
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“Then he really let one go at me, and...knew I was on the goddam floor again” Catcher in...
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THIS EXPLAINS A LOT: ”The acid fermentation of vinegar, although it may be incomplete, is arrested when the vinegar is...
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“Fifty percent chance...Annotated Wondermark...David Malki !...
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“Ten orders. We were loved, once. Why have you forsaken us, Almighty! Shard of my soul, where have you gone?” This…...
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once we have a model, we can determine its reliability by testing how well other experimental values satisfy the model”...
megamagikarp reblogged this from kylodious and added:
“Estimate the sum or difference by rounding each number to the nearest hundred.” …ooooooooooooook
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“Then, after breakfast, Maia started lessons with...twins.” Lol okay then ;p
kylodious reblogged this from buckyesponies and added:
Moo Goo Gai Pan. …this is probably more accurate than it should be.
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“‘I’m really sorry,’ Hanna repeated. ‘But I made these plans before I knew about your Twelve Days of Christmas thing.’”...
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“It soothed her to do so, and passed the time.”
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“Daddy told me to pull up on the reins while he gave a listen.” ~Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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“When in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch-chain, the matter becomes even more simple.” -The...
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” ‘That might have happened anyway.’ “ - Blood Price by Tanya Huff
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“Sweet Lurlina,” said Brrr, ‘I’m slaying them right and left with my conversational wit.” - A Lion Among Men by Gregory...
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” Which he, most sweetly, kissed in the receipt, and might no doubt return it, with the letter, and point the place...
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He paused beside a pillar, before the tomb of a long dead Stark. “I loved that old man.”
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“Wherever I was, I wasn’t underground anymore.” ..Alright.
tortuepetite reblogged this from loveclaire and added:
“Before I left town, we decided to speak on the phone at least twice a day.” Well thats depressing
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“But Gerald could never attain elegance.” …what.
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I had to get up and walk to the nearest book. The first sentence that actually starts on pg 45: “His head and beard...
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so…there is no book near me. figures…
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“The fire’s not lighting, huh?” Well, that’s what I get for keeping my Calvin and Hobbes close.
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“And suppose those people in the next room, asleep, are not my mother and father at all.” well then
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“Lee waited for him to leave, out of earshot” …I don’t even want to know.
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“Tommen, we picked the wrong foe for you”, the king told his brother. “The straw knight jousts better than that one.” -...
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