Temperance lecturer?

[Fear not only believe]

"In Bradford Smith met Mary Jane Featherstone, known as Polly, the daughter of a temperance lecturer. She left home and went to Bradford to take a servants job. "


​What does temperance lecturer mean?

 

[Barb_D]

"In Bradford, Smith met Mary Jane Featherstone, known as Polly, the daughter of a temperance lecturer. She left home and went to Bradford to take a servant's job. "

Please give your threads meaningful titles. "Fear not, only believe" does not appear in your thread anywhere.

Perhaps this Wikipedia article will help you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement

 

[Fear not only believe]

Please give your threads meaningful titles. "Fear not, only believe" does not appear in your thread anywhere.

I must confess I failed to understand this. What's wrong with the thread title? Shouldn't it directly indicate what the topic is about?

 

[emsr2d2]

Please give your threads meaningful titles. "Fear not, only believe" does not appear in your thread anywhere.

Perhaps this Wikipedia article will help you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement

Barb - "Fear not, only believe" is the username!

 

[Barb_D]

D'oh!! So it is.
My apologies!

 

[Fear not only believe]

Nothing to it!

 

[emsr2d2]

Nothing to it!

If you meant "It doesn't matter" or "That's not a problem", then "Nothing to it!" is inappropriate. It means "It didn't take any effort".

While we're on the subject of correcting you, your signature line asks for corrections. On that basis, your signature should read "Folks, I am an ESL student so don't ever hesitate to correct me, even the slightest details!" No "at" after "even". Put the exclamation mark directly after the last word of your sentence. If you want to do a smiley face, click on the icon in the toolbar and choose a relevant one. Don't just make it up using a colon and a bracket.

 

[Fear not only believe]

If you meant "It doesn't matter" or "That's not a problem"

Yes, that's what I wanted to say

, then "Nothing to it!" is inappropriate. It means "It didn't take any effort".

Thanks, I will take note of it.

While we're on the subject of correcting you

I'm just curious: could this accessory sentence be reformulated like this: "While we're on the line of corecting you..." ?,

your signature line asks for corrections. On that basis, your signature should read "Folks, I am an ESL student so don't ever hesitate to correct me, even the slightest details!" No "at" after "even". Put the exclamation mark directly after the last word of your sentence. If you want to do a smiley face, click on the icon in the toolbar and choose a relevant one. Don't just make it up using a colon and a bracket.

Would you characterize this as a huge mistake (I'm asking since no one has warned me of it before)?

 

[emsr2d2]

Yes, "even at" is a mistake in this context. I imagine no-one has ever picked you up on it before because most people don't actually read signature lines (and many people hide them).

No, we can't say "on the line" instead of "on the subject".