Jeff recently posted, on Facebook, a link to a hilarious Daily Telegraph online article listing Dan Brown's 20 worst sentences.
I think the following double whammy illustrates the incorrect use of augments in HQ2:
No. 7 and No. 6.
The Da Vinci Code, chapter 33:
"Pulling back the sleeve of his jacket, he checked his watch - a vintage,
collector's-edition Mickey Mouse wristwatch that had been a gift from his
parents on his tenth birthday."
The Da Vinci Code, chapter 6:
"His last correspondence from Vittoria had been in December - a postcard
saying she was headed to the Java Sea to continue her research in
entanglement physics... something about using satellites to track manta ray
migrations."
The Telegraph journalist points out why the augments are bad:
In the words of Professor Pullum: "It has the ring of utter ineptitude. The details have no relevance to what is being narrated."
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