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[fflo]

Cat people are talking to me of cat things. This is good.

In a related (to the last sentence) matter, I am increasingly able, after a few years at Math Reviews, not only to tolerate but even to use, willy-nilly & with little wincing, demonstrative pronouns. That is to say, I am less compelled to make 'em adjectival by plopping directive nouns after 'em---though I still believe, fairly firmly, that that [habit] generally makes for better writing.

This [development], I realize, likely interests no one but me.

Comments

[paperkingdoms]

I hadn't realized demonstrative pronouns was a particularly mathy thing. I mean, I use them. Without any wincing at all. But still... interesting.

And yay for cats!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

I like 'em in your off-hand colloquial stuff. E.g., "Is that all there is?" (song in my head now) "What's this?" "that is to say" stuff like that there