Thread: What trips you up when reading books from different English-speaking countries?
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Old 01-14-2022, 02:21 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by 4691mls View Post
I'm pretty sure I've seen that kind of thing in US books too. I assume it's implied.

Sort of like when the characters have a conversation over dinner or in the car. The conversation seems short on paper but suddenly they've completed a four-course meal or a 200 mile drive.... I guess we're supposed to assume there was more to the conversation but not all of it was worth including.

Yep. Whenever this sort of "omission" is brought up, most often by a US reader as it happens, I'm reminded of a relevant passage from The Guide
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