10 #copyediting points to the first person who can point out the violation of an only occasionally observed rule I inadvertently committed in this skeet, which shows you that there's a difference between naturalness and copyeditorial punctiliousness: - ThreadSky

bcdreyer.social • 108 days ago

10 #copyediting points to the first person who can point out the violation of an only occasionally observed rule I inadvertently committed in this skeet, which shows you that there's a difference between naturalness and copyeditorial punctiliousness:

Reposted from Benjamin Dreyer

One begins with the threat against democracy furthest from the plate, then works one's way in.

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alkali19.bsky.social•108 days ago

"farthest" when referring to physical distance?

christopherharris.bsky.social•108 days ago

I learned the difference when I was a boy from then UNC basketball coach Dean Smith. In a postgame interview, he said his team had progressed farther than he’d expected at that point in the season. Then he stopped himself and said, “No, farther is for physical distance, further is for degree.”