Waugh: there's reason in

[Marius Hancu]

Hello:

Is this
"there's reason in"
without "it"
non-standard?

-----
[Lunt is Ryder's scout at Oxford. He tells him about changes in
behavior:]

'Now wine in the evening,' he continued, as was his habit half in and
half out of the door, 'or one or two gentlemen to luncheon, there's
reason in. But not dancing. It all came with the men back from the
war.'

Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, p. 679
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

[James Hogg]

Marius Hancu wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Is this
> "there's reason in"
> without "it"
> non-standard?
>
> -----
> [Lunt is Ryder's scout at Oxford. He tells him about changes in
> behavior:]
>
> 'Now wine in the evening,' he continued, as was his habit half in and
> half out of the door, 'or one or two gentlemen to luncheon, there's
> reason in. But not dancing. It all came with the men back from the
> war.'

It's just reversed word order for "there's reason in or one or two
gentlemen to luncheon".

--
James

[the Omrud]

On 07/01/2010 10:22, Marius Hancu wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Is this
> "there's reason in"
> without "it"
> non-standard?
>
> -----
> [Lunt is Ryder's scout at Oxford. He tells him about changes in
> behavior:]
>
> 'Now wine in the evening,' he continued, as was his habit half in and
> half out of the door, 'or one or two gentlemen to luncheon, there's
> reason in. But not dancing. It all came with the men back from the
> war.'

The sentence is inverted - read

- Now, wine in the evening, or one or two gentlemen to luncheon, there's
reason in.

as:

- Now, there's reason in wine in the evening, or one or two gentlemen to
luncheon.

It's not strange to my ears.

--
David

[Marius Hancu]

OK, I'll deal with it:-)

Thanks.
Marius Hancu