I will quote only one sentence from my draft, but it is an important sentence . . . not necessarily in this essay per se but certainly as regards my personal grammatical belligerence:
"Do not get me started on the ignorant adverb-hating tendencies proselytized by contemporary self-help writing manuals."Perhaps someday I will write an autobiography of grammar.
Just yesterday I got a phone call from an author whose book I edited last year, in which she thanked me profusely for bringing gerund clarity into her life. Just imagine. Gerund clarity for everyone. It could be a movement.
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oh good, because right now I'm not believing just how wonderful a book is David Copperfield, and maybe your essay will be done by the time I finish it on Wednesday. It's just the funniest, and I'm ashamed that I hadn't figured this all out a long time ago. That Dora is such a goose.
I keep remembering the line where he refers to Dora's playing of "the dear old French songs about the impossibility of ever on any account leaving off dancing."
So, do hurry.
I just found out that DC was Tolstoy's favorite book too. Isn't that exciting?
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