Public Research: Free Cheese - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

HerenIstarion · 02-01-2006, 09:28 AM

In my case, The Hobbit (which was translated way before LoTR, in 1976), was bought before I was born by my grandmother (she used to buy books in pairs, for my mothers and my uncle's families), so I count it inherited

In your case, it's up to you to decide, but I suppose inherited more than given though inherit be 'to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death', as I would rather leave the death part and count ancestral part only in the case

View Poll Results: How did you acquire your books?
I was given them	43	53.75%
I've bought them myself	60	75.00%
I've inherited them	23	28.75%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

02-01-2006, 09:28 AM	#5
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	In my case, The Hobbit (which was translated way before LoTR, in 1976), was bought before I was born by my grandmother (she used to buy books in pairs, for my mothers and my uncle's families), so I count it inherited In your case, it's up to you to decide, but I suppose inherited more than given though inherit be 'to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death', as I would rather leave the death part and count ancestral part only in the case __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!