Russ Walsh, a retired classroom teacher and reading specialist, took particular offense with Brooks» statement that «the [new] English standards encourage reading comprehension.» (salon.com)
Genauer took particular offense at four austere black canvases — «unspeakably boring,» she called them — by a 23 - year - old painter the show's curator had discovered in a studio on West Broadway. (nymag.com)
It is for that reason that an old sermon or a sermon read from a book for an entirely different occasion is a particular offense to the oral culture. (religion-online.org)