Reminds me of the days when we first met! Nail-biting time.
Yeah, if only I had written about both of those at the time.
Won't tell you the household conversation with my wife, an Actual Linguist, about this one.
2/2 And that was meant to be "next interview" I'd like Isaac C to do. But either way ... jeesh.
2/2 Speaking for myself, as soon as I hear "hypermasculine," there's only one name that comes to mind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_O...
Correct. For several years now we've been in "could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue" terrain. The realm of things that could dissuade "The Base" is the null set.
2/ "You will serve the reader better, and the truth, by expressing the view more clearly—and being plain about it being the writer's view. "Any of these is better: 'Evidence indicates' / 'Evidence suggests' / even 'It became clear.' " "Portrait emerges" has become NYT trademark, Pitchbot-style.
Yes, I use and like DDG much of the time.
Exactly.