Apparently, it comes from an "inability to separate what's being said from how it's being said".
"I write because I've a childish inability to separate fantasy from reality.
Its major defect, however, is its inability to separate the vital from the trivial.
It overcomes one of the major shortcomings of its traditional version, i.e. the inability to separate closely spaced modes.
GAZETTE: In "The Third Hotel," your protagonist Clare's inability to separate reality from imagination fuels the narrative.
Unfortunately, the inability to separate Microsoft's products from its business practices tarnishes what could have been an exhilarating release.
The inability to separate zebra from quagga mussels is not a hindrance to implement the method developed in this study.
Whatever the case, the inability to separate PTSD from concussion turned the government's research program into a scientific hodgepodge.
But as the play continues, you feel Butley's increasing inability to separate himself out from his own linguistic surety.
James R again illustrates the inability to separate impressionistic writing– which is what Victor Davis Hanson's piece is– from actual fact-based reality.
War And Peace ends in a way that my wife, due to her temporary inability to separate actor from character, finds unsatisfactory.
