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Hello Gleb!

04 Aug 25 10:41, you wrote to All:

 MM>> 2)  It would be more appropriate to say, "But before they sat
 MM>> down to eat," or     just, "But before they sat down,", implying
 MM>> that they were sitting down to dinner.

Based on discussion with Grok: ;-)

Modern English is different from 19th-century English. In your example, the
archaic phrase was retained as it was written by Jules Verne.

Karel

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