tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post649923604787262319..comments2010-04-18T00:58:51.321+02:00Comments on Wordly Efforts: Raven's Wordzzle # 59DawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post-26599422359989528522009-04-19T17:16:00.000+02:002009-04-19T17:16:00.000+02:00Diana is a minx! This was a great instalment, I ...Diana is a minx! This was a great instalment, I am eagerly awaiting the next one! :)Akelamaluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post-33622607876138149152009-04-19T11:34:00.000+02:002009-04-19T11:34:00.000+02:00Thanks for all encouraging comments. I also apprec...Thanks for all encouraging comments. I also appreciate language comments. English is not my first language, and I probably also sometimes mix up British and American usage. Basically I speak/write British but we get a lot of American TV shows so one picks up things from both. Some of the expressions in the wordzzle challenges strike me as American rather than British which makes it an extra challenge for me to try and use them right. <br><br>Richard: In the case of hanged/hung though, the choice of word was deliberate, because in my mind - or at least in Adam Challenge's mind - Diana "hanged" that scarecrow rather than just "hung" it in the tree. That is, what I want to imply is that in the doctor's opinion, Diana had either been pretending that she had executed someone by hanging; or she wanted someone else to get the impression that a real person had been hanged or had hanged himself. Adam did not believe that she had just hung the scarecrow in the tree to scare away birds. Whether his opinion of Diana is 100% correct, is another matter. But in Challenge's mind, the scarecrow, in spite of never really having been alive, had been "hanged".<br><br>American Heritage Dictionary:<br>"In the sense of 'put do death by hanging', *hanged* is used as the past tense and past participle of *hang*."DawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post-71368029482760587782009-04-18T22:33:00.000+02:002009-04-18T22:33:00.000+02:00I am also enjoying the stories.I am also enjoying the stories.bettygramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07039975744716330002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post-87797843644454495532009-04-18T21:40:00.000+02:002009-04-18T21:40:00.000+02:00I really enjoy this series as well. I am very anxi...I really enjoy this series as well. I am very anxious to see what happens to Diana. This is a wonderful series :)Thomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17582142712176694209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post-72080410922613222422009-04-18T19:38:00.000+02:002009-04-18T19:38:00.000+02:00I am a huge fan of this Dr. Challenge series. Nice...I am a huge fan of this Dr. Challenge series. Nice twist. Just one grammatical point - please change the line Diana had hanged to Diana had hung. Sorry, I know I'm picky, but it stuck out when I read it. Again, great story and keep it coming.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17028871782757014447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post-38258136018307691692009-04-18T17:44:00.000+02:002009-04-18T17:44:00.000+02:00I'd like to know, too! But first I have to spe...I'd like to know, too! But first I have to spend some time with my dictionaries and Google. Raven is not making it easy for me... ;)DawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post-89388362495569307392009-04-18T15:40:00.000+02:002009-04-18T15:40:00.000+02:00Now we dragons have to wait for the next exciting ...Now we dragons have to wait for the next exciting chapter. Your writing is great but we hate waiting. We like to know now.Fandangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256198358069576958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1181894341079376448.post-89278059709065936232009-04-18T13:49:00.000+02:002009-04-18T13:49:00.000+02:00Your story just gets more and more interesting.I c...Your story just gets more and more interesting.<br>I can hardly wait for next week.<br>I have so many questions.<br>I guess a good story does that to you.<br>Like a Soap Opera in print.Dr.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02752941912945095736noreply@blogger.com