Yes, I think I over scienced green verge. Grass probably would have done fine. I wanted to make it clear that they were in that small grassy area between sidewalk and street, and think of lawn as the area between sidewalk and house. But in retrospect, I think grass would be just fine, and will change it in the novel. jgeorge - I think of a closet as a space (like a small room) behind a door in the wall of a bedroom or entry hall used to store things in or hang clothes in. I don't think of it as a piece of furniture. However, in may well be. Many words have many meanings as often discovered in a good unabridged dictionary. I suspect closet is technically correct, but not often used in the States for a piece of furniture, and therefore sounded odd to Americans (and perhaps to other English speakers as well). It certainly was not something that the reader could not derive via context, so really was a minor quibble, at least for me. jon

 
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