another reversal??

[Joel S. Berson]

I too would avoid "adapted" for a book ... um, expanded from a
shorter writing.  But --

Was the 129-minute film "The Man Who Would be King" adapted from
Kipling's (longish) short story?

Joel

At 10/9/2012 07:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>In this context I'd avoid "adapt" at all costs, for the reasons already
>given.
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>JL
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>On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Damien Hall
><damien.hall at newcastle.ac.uk>wrote:
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> > > On Being Different, the book Miller adapted from that essay.
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> > This felt strange to me too, and having read down the thread I think I
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> >  why.  It isn't exactly the reason given by Victor, Alice and Geoff, I
> > don'=
> > t think, though it may be related.
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> > I don't think 'my' syntax for _adapt_ allows it to go into this frame with
> > =
> > this meaning.  Since what is meant is that Miller wrote a book called _On
> > B=
> > eing Different_ which was an adaptation / expansion of an essay, I would
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> > ve to say
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> > _On Being Different_, the book into which Miller adapted that essay.
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> > We know of course that you should never say Never in this kind of thing -
> > b=
> > ut I don't think that I could use _adapt A from B_ to mean 'make A out of
> > B=
> > ', except perhaps very informally / marginally.
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