Quickly skimming an online version of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, I came across this strikingly modern prose:
“I never was at his house; but they say it is a pretty sweet place.”
I imagined for a moment that Sir John lived in a rent-controlled penthouse featured on Apartment Therapy. It was disappointing to re-read it correctly:
“I never was at his house; but they say it is a sweet pretty place.”