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"At times he [the author] may indulge himself with a long one, but he will make sure there are no folds in it, no vaguenesses, no parenthetical interruptions of
by wolverine876 4y ago
"At times he [the author] may indulge himself with a long one, but he will make sure there are no folds in it, no vaguenesses, no parenthetical interruptions of its view as a whole; when he has done with it, it won't be a sea-serpent with half of its arches under the water; it will be a torch-light procession."
- Mark Twain (via The Economist Style Guide)
- oblio 4y agoI was actually thinking about that, and most of that phrase is an enumeration, it's easier to parse.