The dances in "The Muir" show Morris's habitual word-painting, a sort of advanced form of itsy-bitsy spider.
Jefferson's use of the word "habitual" is telling.
They're asked to read the word (which is easy, because our habitual response to a word is to read it) or to name the ink color (which is harder, because our first impulse is to say "orange").
They're asked to read the word (which is easy, because our habitual response to a word is to read it) or to name the ink colour (which is harder, because our first impulse is to say "orange").
In other words, if habitual multitaskers are interrupted by a colleague, it takes them longer to settle back into what they were doing.
An experienced writer is able to rely on the power of his habitual choices of sounds, words, and syntactic patterns to convey his personality or fundamental outlook.
The concern is not only about the penalty-seekers, though, it is about those who dive and shriek and twist and protest and wave imaginary cards - in other words, the habitual cheats whose squealing and faking renders the job of the referee well nigh impossible.
Audience — habitual, fervent, powered by word-of-mouth — builds value and drives all other successes: Ad dollars, box office sales, subscriptions, downloads, etc.
"Just as most men, both speakers and writers, make use of habitual modes of expression, favorite words or sayings, that they employ involuntarily, even inappropriately, so too every painter has his own peculiarities that escape him without his being aware," Morelli wrote.
In October, a judge threw out the murder conviction of Susan Mellen, saying that she was wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years based on the word of a habitual liar and adding that "the criminal justice system failed".
