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Benjamin Dreyer
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abstruse in the sense of recondite author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • retired Random House copy chief • he/him/his substack.com/@benjamindreyer
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"You left behind an astonishing number of misspelled words and grammatical lapses, the timeline is incredibly inconsistent, and you also left unqueried the author's 27 uses of the word 'inchoate' in a 60,000-word manuscript." "Tim, I'm focused on the future."

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GSlordshark.bsky.social

"Inchoate" 27 times? Must be a Stephen R. Donaldson ms.

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One might fairly assume that a party whose slogan is “Make America Great Again” is focused squarely on the past.

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Aamble.bsky.social

As a certified inchoacy enjoyer, this post made me VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. My latest work is over 345k words and STILL only has five uses of "inchoate"!

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JHsesquiotic.bsky.social

After 27 times, you'd think it might be getting choate already.

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Mmomaher.bsky.social

Hardest part is typing a character's accent lol.

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Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.bsky.social
abstruse in the sense of recondite author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • retired Random House copy chief • he/him/his substack.com/@benjamindreyer
15.6k followers820 following24.9k posts