Good read, seriously. I also enjoyed the banter between Browne an Payn. Ahem.
Marvin PayneOctober 9, 2013
Virginia, you are totally right! But then, Shakespeare is credited with adding a few thousand words to the language. I'm going to pretend that's what I did.
Virginia BrownOctober 9, 2013
I hate to presume to question the Bard, but I believe you are using the word "lest" incorrectly.Rather than meaning "unless," the 1828 Webster's Dictionary says :
LEST, con. That not; for fear that. Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Gen. 3.
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Paul W. SextonOctober 14, 2013
Good read, seriously. I also enjoyed the banter between Browne an Payn. Ahem.
Marvin PayneOctober 9, 2013
Virginia, you are totally right! But then, Shakespeare is credited with adding a few thousand words to the language. I'm going to pretend that's what I did.
Virginia BrownOctober 9, 2013
I hate to presume to question the Bard, but I believe you are using the word "lest" incorrectly.Rather than meaning "unless," the 1828 Webster's Dictionary says : LEST, con. That not; for fear that. Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Gen. 3.
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