“Never use the word ‘so,’” he announced, clapping his book closed to escort her down the hall. “It’s the worst word in the English language. If you modify any word at all with the word ‘so’, then it should become another word. If I were ‘so interesting,’ well then I would become ‘intriguing.’ And if I were ‘so intriguing,’ I would become ‘fascinating.’ If I were ‘so fascinating,’ well then I must be ‘mesmerizing.’” “And what if you were ‘so mesmerizing’?” “I’m not.”
