January 23, 2004
Hesperus Readers Must Be Accompanied by a Minor
Among those binary opposites hated by postmodernists and poststructuralists everywhere -- but loved by the common folk -- are "major" and "minor."
Truth be told, we (the people) know some kind of distinction like this makes sense. We like to congratulate the pitcher headed to the majors, and to commiserate with the deteriorating outfielder demoted, in baseball's euphemistic legerdemain, to Triple-A ball.
Keeping things straight between "major" and "minor" candidates in
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