Authors use 'almost' to avoid stating an outright fact, as though there were something inauthentic, dishonest, unfinished, undecided or even unwholesome - some might say repulsive, tacky, snub-nosed, too direct - in qualifying anything as definitely a this or a that.
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There are many things about my life that I wish had been different and that I still find difficult to live down.
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Am I the only person who wishes he could escape his own life for a few hours?
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I flew on a plane the week after 9/11.
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The first thing a writer needs to know is what kind of writer he/she is.
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Irene Nemirovsky was a prolific writer punctiliously devoted to her craft.
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I like to read the paper online. And I love email. And I love nothing better than to be interrupted.
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To those of us who have seen all of Eric Rohmer's films, it is impossible not to remember when, where, with whom we saw each one. I even remember the second and third time I saw his films.
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'Almost' is about uncertainty soon to be dismissed but not quite dispelled. 'Almost' is about revelation to come but not entirely promised.
