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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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