"the creatures that inhabit my head are not the stuff of light fantasy"

The opposite of apposite is irrelevant

In a long career of editing, I’ve come to realize the issues many people— even writers who should know better— have with phrases in apposition, which tend to be irrelevant to the meaning of a sentence. But “apposite” means the opposite, and Floyd is correct here. I just like the leopards and daisies. Or are they jaguars? Floyd would know.

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