Annie Dillard




Otherwise It Would Be Too Confusing

                            —Elizabeth A. Ryan. How to Make Grammar
                               Fun—and Easy!. 1992


            The perception of a reasonably stable environment helps in
             the assessment of a given situation. Otherwise it would be
             too confusing to live for more than a few moments.)
             —R. A. Padgham


Who or what receives the action? The Frisbee.
Whew, I thought I had lost it.

This is the place for me!
The red truck…the starry night…

I ran quickly through the streets and byways.
As I came through the door,
I said, “I have come home.”

A bunch/ of grapes/ tastes good after lunch.

That was a good song, and you sang it well.
That was a bad song, and you sang it badly.
Don’t you feel well?
I am sure. I am surely in love.

Rita is a friendly person.
Cyanide is a deadly poison.
Right: I went to the store.
Wrong: Me went to the store.

Let go of that doorknob.
And remember: the Fourth of July.