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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread strepitant #85251 10/31/2002 1:29 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Not in my dictionary, and new to me. "obstreperous" is just as good, and not rare. In the quote, I suspect use of "himself" may be questionable: "...while he overhears Juliet's apostrophe of love to himself," Would not "him" be preferable? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: strepitant #85252 10/31/2002 2:36 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 apostrophe of love to himself That's an interesting point. Even I decry the overuse of the reflexive, but, in this case, it seems to add the information that the him in question is Mr. Anderson. Didn't seem to need it in the previous part of the line, ...as if challenging the household to oppose him..., however. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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