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This is from an article written by Sam Anderson, a New York Times Magazine staff writer. I found it in one of the sections that appears regularly called “New Sentences.” He briefly discusses a sentence he got from a book and uses its structure to create his own sentences. The actual sentence he uses is as follows:
“At Christmas and on my birthday I was given handsome presents as if they were punishments.”
The formula is:
At X and on Y, I Z as if not-Z.
Here are some examples from that article to help you figure out the rules, that is, if you find it interesting enough to play:
On television and on the internet I received breaking news as if it were strychnine.
On Twitter and on Facebook I clicked “like” as if it were hate.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/magazine/new-sentences-from-the-juniper-tree-by-barbara-comyns.html
On the way to work and at dawn I put on a smile as if it were a fully-loaded .9 millimeter.
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On the day after Valentine's Day at the chocolate shop, I buy the cheapest box of sweets as if it were a dream purchase.