Geoffrey K. Pullum Quotes

The Da Vinci Code May Well Be The Only Novel Ever Written That Begins With The Word 'renowned' ... I Think What Enabled The First Word To Tip Me Off That I Was About To Spend A Number Of Hours In The Company Of One Of The Worst Prose Stylists In The History Of Literature Was This. Putting Curriculum Vitae Details Into Complex Modifiers On Proper Names Or Definite Descriptions Is What You Do In Journalistic Stories About Deaths; You Just Don't Do It In Describing An Event In A Narrative ... Why Did I Keep Reading? Because London Heathrow Is A Long Way From San Francisco International.

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