Subj : Cough
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Fri Sep 01 2017 23:20:44

Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from  30.08.2017 15:16
about Cough.

 AH> Now, as to "Mr Woulf" and the sound of his cough... I assume he is
 AH> in good health unless you tell us otherwise. Whether an "ahem" is
 AH> real or fake it suggests, at worst, a minor affliction. If he had
 AH> e.g. bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis I'd expect his cough
 AH> to sound very different. If what he wants to do is get somebody
 AH> else to notice his presence it might be counterproductive if s/he
 AH> thinks s/he's in danger of catching some dread disease...

It would have been too much! He wanted just to attract her attention. ;-) 
Probably, he just didn't know how to address her. For instance yesterday, at 
BBC. com, I read an article about the people who demand to address them with 
"they" instead of he/she. ;)

 AH> so I wouldn't recommend he go on at length. But these are your
 AH> characters & your story. The shop assistant might well be reading a
 AH> cheap thriller or romance novel... OTOH, she might well be an
 AH> impecunious student cramming for a test the next day.:-Q

Is there any connection between money and cramming for the test?

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
ENGLISH_TUTOR 2017

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