Bruce Williams writes:
Hi Tom, thanks for the site. “English must be kept up” as J. Keats put it.
My nomination is a phrase much-favoured by The New Yorker: ‘X may
just be . . . ”
- Some will not welcome it, but ignominious defeat in Iraq may just be
the solution to Kerry’s woes.- Carlos Carlotta may just be the finest cross-dressing Hispanic cellist
in this country today.- Or, still more cautious: Carlos Carlotta may just be one of the finest cross-dressing Hispanic cellists in this country today.
OK I made these up – it’s more fun that way. Besides, I’m aiming at a job on the Times.
You’ve got some great opportunities to pile ca-ca upon ca-ca here:
“This may just be, quite simply, arguably the mother of all Dukes of Hazzard episodes.”
(This was written before the show jumped the shark, of course.)
-T