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    From alexander koryagin@2:5075/128.130 to All on Wed Jan 25 11:22:03 2023
    Hi, All!


    What should happen to me to make me say instead of

    ...they didn't stop weeping when I left them.

    this variant:
    ...they didn't stop weeping when I took my leave of them.


    Bye, All!
    Alexander Koryagin
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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to alexander koryagin on Wed Jan 25 15:46:24 2023
    Alexander Koryagin:

    What should happen to me to make me say instead of

    ..they didn't stop weeping when I left them.

    this variant:

    ..they didn't stop weeping when I took my leave of them.


    Perhap you do not realise the difference between leaving and
    taking leave. In my opinion, the latter is more polite in
    that it includes some sort of verbal acknowledgement and
    mutual consent to the parting, after a conversation or
    another mutual engagement.

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  • From Dallas Hinton@1:153/7715 to alexander koryagin on Wed Jan 25 00:46:48 2023
    Hi, alexander -- on Jan 25 2023 at 11:22, you wrote:


    What should happen to me to make me say instead of
    ...they didn't stop weeping when I left them.
    this variant:
    ...they didn't stop weeping when I took my leave of them.

    Nothing will happen to you :-) But the second version sounds quite archaic.



    Cheers... Dallas

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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to Dallas Hinton on Sun Jan 29 13:12:32 2023
    Dallas Hinton:

    I don't think I can agree with you, Anton. There's
    nothing in either statement to suggest consent. "Took
    my leave" does imply, imo, communicating with the
    group/person ("goodbye, see you later") while the first
    form implies only that the person left.

    You are right, Dallas. One can take one's leave even no one
    is willing to give it!

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