... unrelated and often incompatible details, e.g. The library, old and dusty and well lit with bright new lamps, was a melancholy place to work in. Melancholy seems to be related to old and dusty, ... lamps, was old and dusty and therefore a melancholy place to work in. Here is another example of muddled logic in writing. Military training teaches a person to stand upright and walk with ... His throat was … , and he wanted to cry. 11. It was near … by the time all was settled. 12. The detective laughed and the hall … the sound in a great ha-ha. 13. Notwithstanding, George smiled...