I would guess that "the shortest" just means the shortest in a group of suspects, for example if you're explaining that the shortest in the group had red hair and the tallest had a glass eye.
Good point. Then you got the "strikingly" short guy (or gal): "She walked like six feet tall with an attitude to match, but was short, and strikingly short"
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[ 0.16 ms ] story [ 8.0 ms ] threadPS. I am really curious as to what would make one "strikingly short" as opposed to just very short or "the shortest".-
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