Timeline for To dine somebody?
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| Jan 12, 2014 at 11:00 | history | edited | Gurpreet K Sekhon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2014 at 10:50 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | The meaning is right, but that ‘to’ in the beginning of the quote is nonsensical—you dine someone, you do not dine to them. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 10:50 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @Mari-LouA This is April of 1826, shortly after Scott's publishing house collapsed and he himself was financially ruined. I don't think the dinner is postponed; rather, because his 'misfortunes' are widely known his guests will no longer expect him to offer them dinner. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 10:22 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | The "dinner party" had been postponed because of misfortunes thus "we expect... this morning" clearly infers that guests are arriving that same day. | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 10:18 | history | edited | Gurpreet K Sekhon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 12, 2014 at 9:32 | history | answered | Gurpreet K Sekhon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |