Tangentially, another rationalist grammatical quirk that I appreciate and have started to adopt is the use of ‘ever’ in positive statements, which I interpret to mean something like ‘yes but not often / not much’. For example: ‘I have ever met Jane Doe.’ or ‘She has ever eaten crêpes.’
Tangentially, another rationalist grammatical quirk that I appreciate and have started to adopt is the use of ‘ever’ in positive statements, which I interpret to mean something like ‘yes but not often / not much’. For example: ‘I have ever met Jane Doe.’ or ‘She has ever eaten crêpes.’