Cold,โ he said, pressing a finger to my pale wrist. โNot cold so much as underoxygenated,โ I said. โI love it when you talk medical to me,โ he said. He stood, and pulled me up with him, and did not let go of my hand until we reached the stairs.
John GreenAnd yes, again, that was it exactly. A retyper and not a writer. A prodigy and not a genius.
John GreenLet me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But if weโre all constantly correcting each otherโs grammar and being really snotty about it, then people stop talking because they start to be petrified that theyโre going to make some sort of terrible grammatical error and thatโs precisely the opposite of what grammar is supposed to do, which is to facilitate clear communication.
John Green