Posted by Peter Ceresole on April 19, 2007 at 07:55:25 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: John galumphs twice posted by Andy Goddard on April 18, 2007 at 14:49:06:
Then again, two half-hearted galumphs must make one whole-hearted galumph, and that's not what is meant at all. ;-)
If you're doing motion and energy analysis, maybe so. But this is story telling; as I said, I reckon in this case the repetition works very well. But then it's a matter of literary taste, and you know what they say about that.