Some months ago The New York Times expressed an unusually astute editorial opinion. Said the Times: "Nobody wants some sicko drilling a peephole in their locker room."
Everyone who writes for a living or reads for pleasure has a pet peeve. My first city editor had a thing about "not only." He insisted that "not only" always had to be followed by "but also." Thousands of otherwise rational folks will never end a sentence with a preposition. I myself get cranky over "replica."
On the weekend of the Kentucky Derby it seems appropriate to say a few words about the horse and the writer. The one has occupied the other through the ages.
Old wives have a lot to answer for. Such as that opening sentence.