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От : Alexander Koryagin 2:221/1 26 дек 25 10:08:52
К : Anton Shepelev 26 дек 25 11:10:01
Тема : Harry again
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Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 25.12.2025 20:11
AS>>> Alexander quoted /Harry Potter/:
AK>>>> What was the good of magicking himself out of
AK>>>> his room if Hogwarts would expel him for doing
AK>>>> it?
AS>>> I think literary English requires "doing so"
AS>>> instead of "doing it".
AK>> IMHO you are sometimes too strict about English.
AS> I try to learn and use correct English, and don`t
AS> agree that a thing can be too good, too correct,
AS> too perfect. Things are usually insufficiently so,
AS> whence my universal formula: The better the
AS> better.
AK>> It was Rowling after all, not me.
AS> Yes, I know that she wrote /Harry Potter/, not
AS> you, and was commening on Mrz. Rowling`s English.
AS> I am not accusing you of writing /doing it/
AS> instead of /doing so/, but I am reproving you for
AS> reading sub-par English, and I dare say sub-par
AS> literature. If you don`t start with the greatest
AS> classics, you will never acquire good taste (and
AS> arguing about taste is mostly useless :-)
I think things should natural after all, and every time has its
own pattern. Is a hop hat, a frock coat, together with a dandy walking
stick is natural nowadays? Unlikely, although it is accurate and expensive.
Suppose you put the mentioned things on and go along the streets. Certainly
many people will note you, but not because of aesthetic reasons. Can a
queer bird has a right on existence? Of course yes, although I would not
put him as a head of state, as for instance the Czech President now.
;-) The President should look like a normal person. In this case, it
is the better chance that he will do things normally, too. ;-) And
President should not play piano with... ah, well.
Well, where did I bolt? ;-) Ah, I mean that if we want to learn
a real English we should pay attention exactly to the real, present
English, even if we don`t like new words, phrases and idioms.
AK>> And we should remember immortal Bart Simpson`s
AK>> saying "I didn`t do it!" ;-)
AS> I for one abhor that animation, together with
AS> South Park et al, because (to me) their characters
AS> are made intentionally ugly -- to appeal to
AS> teenagers strugging through puberty`s hormonal
AS> explosions, for lack of healthier emotional vents
AS> and more constructive energy channels.
I believe it is not correct to state that the Simpsons are for children.
Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2025
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