Linguistics is a subtle field growing ever subtler and it never does any good to assume.
"Brit Kneels Before America!" was the headline on the ever-subtle Drudge Report, with a picture of the poor English goalie on his knees.
The fine cast of four includes the ever-subtle choreographer, now in her early sixties, and the more forceful Omagbitse Omagbemi.
The mind's eye, though, will flit back more often to the spatial awareness of Ben Smith, the smart support lines of Aaron Smith and the ever-subtle Barrett, the influential Brodie Retallick and the continuing glint in Richie McCaw's eye.
"Mafia heir warns ISIS to stay away from New York – but slams 'Hollywood gangsters' De Niro and Pacino for failing to 'stand up' to the terrorists" is how the ever-subtle Daily Mail put it.
"Ever so subtle," says her husband, John Wendel.
The list goes on and on, with the Devil being expressed in ever more subtle tones.
Computer systems will soon begin dictating, in ever less subtle ways, the paths of our lives".
Technology induces ever more subtle forms of addiction, to products, but also to agitation itself.
Between 1965 and 1967 the music of the Beatles rapidly changed and evolved, becoming ever more subtle, sophisticated, and varied.
