We introduced the idea of "Notes on Nuance" in the first course of this series, Word Choice and Word Order . Here is the original video in case you have not taken the course or you simply want a quick review.

And here are the other nuance moves we've covered.

Notes on Nuance: "Un-"

Notes on Nuance: "Almost" and "Even"

Notes on Nuance: "To"

Notes on Nuance: Chiasmus

You can also read about the idea behind Notes on Nuance in Chapter 36 of the second volume of The Syntax of Sports .