Subj : Sorting out the tenses
To   : All
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Mon Aug 03 2020 00:40:34

Hello, all

Raymond  Chandler's  short  story "Pearls are a nui-
sance" has the following piece of dialogue:

   "[...] The pearls  are  a  string  of  forty-nine
   matched  pink  ones  which Mr. Penruddock gave to
   Mrs. Penruddock for her golden  wedding  present.
   She  hardly ever wore them lately, except perhaps
   on Christmas or when she had a couple of very old
   friends  in  to dinner and was well enough to sit
   up. And every Thanksgiving she gives a dinner  to
   all  the pensioners and friends and old employees
   Mr. Penruddock left on her hands,  and  she  wore
   them then."

   "You  are  getting  your  verb  tenses  a  little
   mixed," I said, "but the general idea  is  clear.
   Go on."

Have you an idea what corrections the spearker would
have made?

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