a thing that I desperately, desperately want to have a fandom

[a_t_rain]

Elements of Strunk, a predictive text rewrite of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. (In other words, the product of a computer algorithm that analyzes the original text, predicts which words are most likely to follow which other words, and uses this information to create new sentences in the style of the original, if I'm understanding this

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[danel4d]

Gosh, thanks for this - I have a stinking cold at the moment and this managed to reduce me to laughing until I almost wept, which I haven't done for ages.

EDIT: Oh my:

I cannot imagine Lincoln refusing to be published in writing, and so I cannot imagine Lincoln as a lover.

The reader has been indifferent to the words he reads... He was unaware that we represent the real value of English prose. He was unaware that we were so numerous and so vast

[hamsterwoman]

Oh man, this is wonderful! I especially like the profound examples at the top.

Too bad it's too late for Yuletide nominations, because this seems like the sort of offbeat microfandom that would do well there!