--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jordan Boyd-Graber" <jordanbg_at_y...> wrote: > > > > That Wingfield toss-up began, "They live across the street from the > > > Paradise Dance Hall," I think the pronoun 'they' disqualifies any > > > confusion that could have been made for the title 'The Glass > > > Menagerie' > > > > This is a somewhat trivial point, but technically, the Glass > > Menagerie themselves also live across the street from the Paradise > > Exactly. This was my argument, which I recall making at the time, but forgot when I > began my diatribe. If we really want to be pedantic about it, the Glass Menagerie itself is not a "they," it is an "it." Hence the pronoun "they" definitively eliminates "Glass Menagerie" as an acceptable answer. > As for the Danzig Trilogy, Chris is right that the "Book three, written in astoundingly > flat prose, follows the Grinder Walter Matem and his scarecrow- making > buddy Eduard Amsel" is pretty clear. But an answer of Dog Years at that point is > justified. This criticism is legitimate because "Dog Years" happens to be broken up into 3 books, and is actually indexed as such. This is an oversight on the question writer's part, or perhaps a failure to make clear which "book 3" was being referred to. Jerry
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