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MarvinTheMartian Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

How appropriate for...

Hi,

Just now, I was writing a little paragraph when I came to an impasse. Take a look:

The night was dark and foggy. "How appropriate for the Halloween season", he thought to himself as he made his way across the cornfield.

I'm not entirely sure the sentence between quotation marks works. I tried with different words ("fitting", "convenient", etc.), but felt none of them really fit here. What do you think? Should I just leave it as it is? Isn't there a better way to say this?

Thanks in advance.
  

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I think all three work. "Perfect" would also work. The thing I find awkward is the season vs.

— Avangi

  • I think all three work.
  • "Perfect" would also work.
  • The thing I find awkward is the season vs.
  • the night .
  • - A.
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I think all three work. "Perfect" would also work. The thing I find awkward is the season vs. the night. - A.
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AvangiThe thing I find awkward is the season vs. the night.
Please elaborate. How is that awkward? I think it's very picturesque. When I think "Halloween season", images of full moons, cemeteries and dark, foggy nights immediately come to mind.
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I agree with what you say. I just feel like some kind of bridge is missing between the conditions existing on this one particular night and the season as a whole - Something like, "Boy, this is the kind of night that's really perfect for the Halloween season!" - meaning, I hope we can have lots of 'em like this.
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I think I'm beginning to see your point, but I would prefer to use a shorter and more general sentence here. For instance, you sometimes hear people engaged in serious discussions make short remarks like "Quite germane" or "Very apropos" to express that a thing said is topical or has bearing on the subject at hand. Isn't there some sort of equivalent I could use here -- preferably in a sentence t
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You might just want to add the word "very", i.e. "How very appropriate for the Halloween..."
Alternatives: "How (very) apt for the Halloween..." or "How befitting the Halloween..."
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I like Ann's befitting the best, and appropriate the second best.
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Grammar GeekI like Ann's befitting the best, and appropriate the second best.
So, in other words, "how befitting the Halloween season, he thought to himself (...)" would be your first choice?
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