Hi alexander -- on May 01 2015 at 02:15, you wrote:   
      
   ak> red eyes weren't a symptom of rabies,  //OK   
   ak> or, for that matter,                   //Well ;)   
   ak> anything seen outside of the kind of film that neither of the Tylers   
   ak> would be caught dead at but knew all they needed to know about,   
   ak> thank you very much.   
      
   I'm still not clear - is it the "for that matter" you're having trouble with,   
   or the remainder of that paragraph?   
      
   If the former, that's one of those standard phrases that suggests that a list   
   (or at least an addendum) to the initial reason is coming. More literary than   
   writing:   
      
   ...red eyes were not a) a symptom of rabies or b) anything seen outside....   
      
   If the problem is the latter, it's a reference to the kind of horror film done   
   with cheap and gaudy special effects (such as glowing red eyes) that were   
   popular at one time and are still seen on late night tv.   
      
   ak> PS: I wonder, if this writer would read his book on the radio, for   
   ak> the first time -- how many people in the US would understand this   
   ak> sentence?   
      
   I can't speak for the US, but most of us English-based people would have   
   little trouble with it, I think.   
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
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