another reversal??

[Victor Steinbok]

Funny you should say that--film, no; screenplay, perhaps.

     V-)

On 10/9/2012 11:51 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> JL
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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
>>> ha=
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Damien
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