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Fri 8 Jul, 2011 09:23 am
That if you wanted to do it I could rearrange/compromise so that
we could make it across Asia in one teaching year (Sept to Aug). This
would mean you could quit your noble yet hideously under-rewarded
job, heroically cycle the world’s most exciting continent, apply for a
job in a non-grim country and get back home, not only in time for
obligatory tea and medals, but also in time for your new job. Therefore
you would only miss a year of teaching.
A man is writing an email, trying to persuade his friend to cycle across Asia with him. What does he mean by saying “obligatory tea and medals”.
BTY, this friend is a teacher in a secondary school of Englad.
@Nancy88,
obligatory tea and medals,
He's suggesting, probably tongue in cheek [jokingly] that cycling across Asia would be a feat for heroes; hence, when they returned to England, they would be feted with invitations to have tea with all sorts of famous people and they would "get" medals for their epic feat.
@JTT,
That's most probably correct.
JTT, I have found an interesting short article for you about subjunctive. Where shall I post it? Where did we last discus the subjunctive? Probably I could find that myself. So look out.
@JTT,
Thank you.
It's in Dot Wordsworth's column (entitled
Mind Your Language) which appears most weeks in The Spectator magazine.
She's always entertaining and informative.
However the website appears to be having some problem today, so I'll try again later to link it for you, and other readers.
@McTag,
I think I located the one you meant, McTag. Have a look see at,
http://able2know.org/topic/171008-1#post-4662906
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