The second time Eliza is sitting on the sofa at Mrs. Higgins' house, she tells Pickering, "But I know that I can be a lady to you," and her sewing is raised in her hands. The next moment, the sewing is in her lap, and she raises it.
After the ball when Mrs. Pearce is serving Professor Higgins his tea, the shadow of the camera can be seen in the bottom left, moving back across his blanket.
After correcting her grammar a number of times a few seconds before, Professor Higgins does not do so after Eliza says "I wish I was dead."
When a sentence expresses a wish (something that has not happened) the subjunctive is used, i.e. "I wish I were dead."
A professor of language, especially one as fastidious as Higgins, would have picked this up straight away.
When a sentence expresses a wish (something that has not happened) the subjunctive is used, i.e. "I wish I were dead."
A professor of language, especially one as fastidious as Higgins, would have picked this up straight away.