I'm curious: which is the right order for A to receive those presents? I can think of reasons for either order.
I still have the "Senatus populusque Romanus" pencil that my second-semester Latin teacher gave me. I used it for Latin tests all the rest of the way through college. :-)
I think the purse first, which she pretty much knows she's getting, so she can think "Oooh, my lovely purse!" and then when she opens the bag "Gosh, and a bag to match!" The other way around she might think "There's a bag to match that purse -- but I wanted the purse because mine is splitting! They bought me the wrong thing!"
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Date: 2011-12-20 04:31 pm (UTC)I still have the "Senatus populusque Romanus" pencil that my second-semester Latin teacher gave me. I used it for Latin tests all the rest of the way through college. :-)
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Date: 2011-12-20 07:42 pm (UTC)