tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post7412038840959218390..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: I wonder whether they've censored "Nineteen Eighty-Four" yet?Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-53537031539395614292021-04-09T14:43:26.587+01:002021-04-09T14:43:26.587+01:00L, brilliant, thanks. I thought so.L, brilliant, thanks. I thought so.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-78300700893021802632021-04-09T08:42:44.804+01:002021-04-09T08:42:44.804+01:00Here's what happened to that sentence in Canad...Here's what happened to that sentence in Canada! My copy of 1984 is a Canadian e-book dated 2012. The sentence in that edition reads:<br /><br />Of the three, it was Rutherford whose appearance had most impressed Winston... He was a monstrous man, with a mane of greasy gray hair, his face pouched and seamed, with protuberant lips.<br /><br />LucyLucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206816968347051949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-88342735225031326622021-04-06T10:58:54.381+01:002021-04-06T10:58:54.381+01:00'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. As I can attest f...'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. As I can attest from direct experience - the quango state's workshop manual. Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-69907741487138794552021-04-05T12:45:04.537+01:002021-04-05T12:45:04.537+01:00F, nothing makes any difference any more. Or so I ...F, nothing makes any difference any more. Or so I of found.<br /><br />B, arguably so.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-53330404185700735782021-04-05T12:08:20.048+01:002021-04-05T12:08:20.048+01:00"shouting they didn't oughter of showed i... "shouting they didn't oughter of showed it not in from of kids..."<br /><br />The grammatical error is missing out the inverted commas. If it's reported speech, the grammar can be as bad as you like.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-10431947041040591242021-04-05T11:37:28.012+01:002021-04-05T11:37:28.012+01:00When replying to serial havefenders I replace all ...When replying to serial havefenders I replace all "haves" with "ofs" and all "ofs" with "haves". It doesn't make any difference but I of some fun with it.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006890073202758172noreply@blogger.com