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"Crowning" Jewel or "Crown"
Jewel?
The
Leadership Course
is the crowning jewel of
Werner's work of
transformation.
And yes, I do
mean
"crowning" jewel, not "crown" jewel.
Saying "crown" deploys a noun, a static object, a thing.
Saying "crown-ing" deploys a verb (an
inflected verb actually), a
present
participle, a gerund to be exact. There's process in
it, something's
happening,
it's ongoing.
So "The
Leadership Course
is the crowning jewel of
Werner's work of
transformation",
not "The
Leadership Course
is the crown jewel of
Werner's work of
transformation"
which is ubiquitous, milquetoast,
simply
not as
powerful.
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