... the only way to avoid floating in the vacuum ...
Microsoft Word needs to go back to school. It doesn't believe me when I tell it that "Liverpudlian" and "gaberdine" are real words. And I even looked up "gaberdine" in my dictionary, and it's there, right between "gabelle" and "gaberlunzie". And I just looked up "Liverpudlian" too, and that is ALSO in my dictionary. So THERE, Word!
If you're wondering why I need to look up these words, it's because I'm writing my very first Synoptic English essay, and OMG I don't like it. I have to compare four texts on the subject of prejudice, and need about 1500 words. 998 so far!
Note to self: Ok, seriously. This leaving-things-to-the-last-minute thing has gone far enough. STOP IT.