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@markovator @nmashton : what a remarkably coherent answer! 🙂

New usage mandate: all punctuation now to be the eerily youthful-yet-sinister Stepford Commas.

@willf reminded of the [apocryphal] Olivier->Hoffman quip: “Try acting, dear boy.” implied ignorance→ insult! http://t.co/57Sw9TX

@willf interesting! you get possible inability in imperative “try to V” vs ignorance of possibility in imperative “try Ving” , yes?

@lynneguist @guardianstyle “[I/we] do [VERB]” seems to be railspeak: I hear it on caltrain regularly in SF. maybe a weakened emphatic ‘do’?

@Move_and_Merge #langlearn same day every week, we all post comments for a given chapter (maybe 1st wk, 2ch — they’re short)

@eldang …normal, without being especially British (or especially wise)? It’s difficult to hear really positive praise.

@richlitt well done!

@Move_and_Merge @lousylinguist @paulachesley @moximer how to organize the #twitterbookclub, then? I can order the book…

@willf sounds like a sweet-tooth-fairy writ large. neat! (it’s a hapax in my experience.)