Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0017766, Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:09:48 +0000

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Alexey: your English is wonderful (ditto Jansy) and puts me in awe, knowing
the endless, subtle challenges. Did you, like VN, have the benefit of an
early Anglophonic environment?

Note: ³pedant² can be defined as ³one who takes great care over the
details.² Compare with ³doryphore²: ³one who takes excessive delight in
spotting the tiny errors of others.²

CTaH

On 27/02/2009 14:33, "Alexey Sklyarenko" <skylark05@MAIL.RU> wrote:

> The phrase "would have tempted" in my latest posting should read "would have
> been tempted". It will be easy for you to excuse me, once you know that I've
> never been to an Anglophone country and have no opportunity to practice my
> English except reading the Nabokv-l and writing to the List. Kindly pardon the
> pedant. I just hate making mistakes (of which there can be more in my messages
> than I think).
>
> A. Sklyarenko
>


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