Re: On this particular Sunday
- From: trio@xxxxxxxxxx (Donna Richoux)
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 22:29:36 +0200
Marius Hancu <NOSPaM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello:
Is the choice between "this Sunday" vs. "that Sunday" a rhetoric or
point-of-view issue, and not a grammatical one, here?
Yes. I would use "this particular Sunday" to signal "the Sunday I am
about to talk about," and "that particular Sunday" to mean "the Sunday I
already referred to." Even if I went on to describe the events in
detail, I wouldn't say "that" unless I had already mentioned that there
was a special Sunday.
The "this" is similar to "There is this guy at work who..." It really
doesn't convey much except "a" or "one".
I mean, one could probably say "On that particular Sunday" but would
create more distance, in time and in other ways, isn't it?
Even with "this," there's some distance left anyway, as everything is
narrated in the past.
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Penelope, though never referring to the matter of Edith's work, would
push her forward, as if she were a child, at her all too frequent
parties, and say, 'And of course you know Edith Hope. She writes.' Such
was their friendship.
On this particular Sunday Penelope had drummed up a good attendance and
there were many people there whom Edith did not know.
Hotel du Lac, by Anita Brookner, p. 59
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Best -- Donna Richoux
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