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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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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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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