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   Hello, all   
      
   Raymond  Chandler's  short  story "Pearls are a nui-   
   sance" has the following piece of dialogue:   
      
      "[...] The pearls  are  a  string  of  forty-nine   
      matched  pink  ones  which Mr. Penruddock gave to   
      Mrs. Penruddock for her golden  wedding  present.   
      She  hardly ever wore them lately, except perhaps   
      on Christmas or when she had a couple of very old   
      friends  in  to dinner and was well enough to sit   
      up. And every Thanksgiving she gives a dinner  to   
      all  the pensioners and friends and old employees   
      Mr. Penruddock left on her hands,  and  she  wore   
      them then."   
      
      "You  are  getting  your  verb  tenses  a  little   
      mixed," I said, "but the general idea  is  clear.   
      Go on."   
      
   Have you an idea what corrections the spearker would   
   have made?   
      
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