Boronia, I wrote and you wrote:

"badly wrong turn" wouldn't have made it past The New Yorker editors, I don't believe.

Huh? You don't believe it wouldn't, or you do believe it wouldn't? I'm terribly confused

Classically, terribly good example of a badly awful double negative executed in my sentence, huh?

Let me speak plainly here: I believe The New Yorker editors would not permit the phrase badly wrong turn .

Babbling regards,
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