<p dir="ltr">On Sep 18, 2015 2:40 AM, "Ben" <<a href="mailto:bbenzai@yahoo.com">bbenzai@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Speaking of clarity of communication, I have no idea what this:<br>
><br>
> "I'm saying one should limit oneself to trying to be like them in terms of<br>
> writing -- as of something is writing that unlike Hemingway (or unlike a<br>
> caricature of Hemingway) has missed the boat"<br>
><br>
> actually means. "...as of something is writing that unlike Hemingway..."???<br>
><br>
> Is it just me, or is this garbled?</p>
<p dir="ltr">A little. I parsed it as, "...as if someone writing in manner that is unlike Hemingway's...", assuming the "of" to be a typoed "if".</p>