That's as may be. Doesn't bother me much, not having read the book. It works within context of the story told in the movie, and that's fine.

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Ah. Your original comment made it sound like you'd read the book, and was praising the movie for capturing the feel of the book (which it did fairly well, actually). I went back and read it, now I see what you really meant ("a" novel, not "the" novel).

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"A" dildo, not "your" dildo.

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In the context of your original post, it's ambiguous, since even though you used "a novel" and not "the novel," the sentence it's in has a generic feel.

You could either note the ambiguity that you may not personally see, or you can mock the messenger. Your choice. :)

(And if the dildo line is some reference that I'm not getting, well, I'm not getting it.)

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It's from the movie.

It's airline policy not to imply ownership in the event of a dildo. We use the indefinite article: 'A dildo.' Never 'Your dildo.'

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Ah.

Sorry.

Heh.

:)

Now that you contextualize it, I do remember it.

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