/lit/ - Literature

>>4772310
"by far and away" means something close to
>largely removed from the other options to a point where it becomes more of a new set than an outlier

>>4772389
'suddenly' rushes you through and puts far too much emphasis on the action. 'all of a sudden' (or 'all of the sudden,' which i prefer) focuses much more on the actual timing and puts emphasis on the immediacy of an action rather than the action itself.

>>4773152
>as per usual
this is so inoffensive that i can't actually imagine what you could be annoyed by.
>a whole nother
the fact that you wrote it this way shows that you don't know what you're talking about

—> = tmesis
another —> a'whole'nother

>>4583125
i love all of these without regards to the quality of the actual work:

>The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

>It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

> I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.

>Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

worst ever:

>It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

>>4543895
you've got a pretty big stick in your ass for someone who thinks anal sex is an abomination