The sentences don't get much better, tbh. Perhaps not so much the syntax, but the needless floridity. I stopped reading at: > Like most things Roman, the stru

The sentences don't get much better, tbh. Perhaps not so much the syntax, but the needless floridity. I stopped reading at: > Like most things Roman, the structure looks sturdy and lacks the immediate beauty of subtle craftsmanship. My mind initially obeys to the notion that beauty must be frail, needy of special care as if caution alone would naively prolong its lifetime. Completely over-the-top florid, and I'm pretty sure that "obeys to the notion" is either not grammatically correct, or a very archaic usage of "obey". Either "obeys the notion" or "adheres to the notion" would read better. And if a writer is going to be that over the top, I'm surprised that they didn't include the diaeresis in naïve, like a real fancy New Yorker article.