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Word: gerunds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...work, an effortless and lovely cloud of confetti about the decline of the sweet, the good and the pure, was called Trout Fishing in America. The main character was Trout Fishing itself-among the cleanest and most refreshing combinations of words in English. Unfortunately, this personification of a peerless gerund suffered a surrealistic metamorphosis that included its becoming a pen point, a legless alcoholic and a dinner companion of Maria Callas. At the end, Trout Fishing wound up in a junkyard as a used stream, for sale by the foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Easy Writer | 11/1/1971 | See Source »

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