My brother-in-law alerted me to some pretty fine writing from the world of real estate:
Gracefully proportioned and built during an era of classic formality, this quintessential South Slope Manse is truly iconic in stature. Impeccably updated and restored from top to bottom plus surrounded by a profusion of city, Sound and Mountain VIEWS, this turreted grand lady is singular in design but immanently inviting. The magical past is evident everywhere, from the hand painted canvas ceilings and walls to the abundant fenestration and a wrap around porch that whispers “mint juleps
Methinks the writer is a fan of Microsoft Word’s synonym feature. Abundant fenestration? Magical past? And best of all: the use of “immanently”—a term only philosophers and theologians are brave enough to bandy about.
But then, the asking price is just under $3.5 million. So perhaps a ten-dollar word sprinkled here and there is necessary to attract the right audience.
