Am I right?

[PINKGREAT]

Thanks on that. But I still have a question with 'at that moment' thing. It seems it has to be 'then' from what I've translated as it is located at the midddle of the sentence. Anyway, thank you very much.

[Miner49'er]

Originally Posted by BobK

Sorry to disturb your sleep, Miner49'er, but Ron began his posting with the proviso 'If my recall of the sentence is accurate...'. You're describing a state of affairs. You can say 'At that time...' or 'In those days...' (or several other paraphrases), but not 'At that moment...'. 'At that moment...' introduces an event: At that moment, a man burst into the room wearing a clown costume.

Of course, this might be another AmE/BE thing; but in BE you can't use 'At that moment...' in the way you suggest.

b

I always thought that when using "At that moment", in a sentense like we have here, it was understood as "At that particular moment in time"

Hard to grasp but I rest my case.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by BobK

Sorry to disturb your sleep, Miner49'er, but Ron began his posting with the proviso 'If my recall of the sentence is accurate...'. You're describing a state of affairs. You can say 'At that time...' or 'In those days...' (or several other paraphrases), but not 'At that moment...'. 'At that moment...' introduces an event: At that moment, a man burst into the room wearing a clown costume.

Of course, this might be another AmE/BE thing; but in BE you can't use 'At that moment...' in the way you suggest.

b

I agree with that explanation. I don't see any difference between AE and BE there.

Don't worry, Miner. You'll get it.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by RonBee

That's perfect except that you don't need the comma after stones. (They were stones as big as prehistoric eggs (perhaps brontosaurus eggs?).)

~R

Thanks very much. Frankly speaking I don't know why I put it there. Anyway I appreciate it.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by BobK

Of course not - it's not there. It was in PG's original, which curmudgeon corrected. I was adding something that I thought was worth underlining.

b

I see!

[Miner49'er]

Don't worry, Miner. You'll get it.

Got it!

One should not question the Bible