Of little details like this one are court cases made. :-) Great post. Thanks or sharing it.

onventional; the first construction may also be defamatory. And only the speaker or writer who knows and conforms to both conventions — and who a…night. “Mary acted like a thief in the night” means that Mary’s actions resembled those of a thief. Both constructions are conventional; the first construction may also be defamatory. And only the speaker or writer who knows and conforms to both conventions — and who also knows the …

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