But there are people who cannot be cultivated,—people on whom speech makes no impression,—swainish, morose people, who must be kept down and quieted as you would those who are a little tipsy; others, who are not only swainish, but are prompt to take oath that swainishness is the only culture; and though their odd wit may have some salt for you, your friends would not relish it.

Readers do not fixate on short function words, but instead see them parafoveally.

The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.

Ontario's ninth statutory holiday was approved with an order-in-council. […] The document needs only to have two cabinet signatures.