Firstly, I would like to say I am sorry for the length of my absence from this blog, but that I am certain none of you care much about the subject. Secondly let me relate that I am typing in such an odd and formal matter due to having been reading pride and predjudice for well over an hour now. I have a tendency to speak in the style of writing of any book I have been reading for such a period of time, and I beg your pardon if some of my wording is incomprehensible or not actually in the manner of the book. This is simply my perception of Ms Austen's particular style of writing. Anyways, The book is actually the purpose for my post, for I have a grammatical question to relate. I wish to know if the following is not improper grammar but rather an odd quirk of the older english language.

 

"Miss Lucas, who accepted him solely from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment, cared not how soon that establishment were gained."

it is the bolded and underlined segment of this part of a sentence which has me confused, and I would find myself quite appreciative of and indebted to anyone who could clarify or shed some light this matter.

Much obliged and rather thankful, Yuni.

well, I've been having a rather interesting weekend. I've been binging on Harry Potter. And no, that does not mean I've been eating books, that would just be really weird. It all started when I was bored and found this, "what do the haryy potter characters think of you" quiz on quizilla. And I thought it was fun, so went looking for more of them and proceeded to go through at least twenty quizzes.  I then did the same for sorting hat quizzes (I'm an undeniable ravenclaw by the way, though a few said I belonged in gryffindor or hufflepuff) and the proceeded to charge through a bunch of "who is your harry potter hottie" quizzes (I'm still a hormonal teenage girl, so sue me. Yes, I find this kind of thing entertaining.) and then I felt the urge to read HP fanfiction, so of course I went straight to the only pairing I really support. which is RonxHermoine (don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I dislike the HarryxGinny pairing, it just doesn't drive me mad with excitement, I don't find it nearly as adorable as Ron and Hermione.) and proceeded to read many fanfictions. I ran into a christmas fanfiction which actually brings me to the enire point of this post. Do people still use mistletoe anymore? (yeah, I know, you weren't expecting that when you started reading this, were you?) But I digress, I have to say that being jewish I honestly don't have the slightest idea. I mean, you don't really see it hanging around during parties you go to. Everyone knows the symbolism of it but does anyone even use it? ponder this and write your responses, this is a serious question. I will go insane if I do not receive an answer, I can assure you.