It seems like a paradox, people whose job it is to be unobtrusive or semiobtrusive honoring themselves for their efforts.

So John finished his coffee is more foregroundable than John didn't finish his coffee or John could have finished his coffee, but it is obvious that context is in these cases extremely important and even more so are our expectations about what usually happens[…]

It felt very soviet, very intimidating, said Steven Sharp, one of Rose’s closest lieutenants.

It explodes on contact.