I’m not thrown off understanding “trip in vain”, but I dislike such poor writing. Maybe it doesn’t bother others, but the multiple parsing options, need for a single assumption of interpretation and general awkwardness interrupt reading for me.

Oh I’m slow, I see that you’re talking about the example now. I thought I’d written something confusing in the lede. Yeah, I can see how that might throw you off, sorry.

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This class would be so much more effective if they’d release a “I don’t want to listen to a sermon” version.