Well, unless the writer happens to be the world expert on the subject under discussion, at least (something that only happens to me when I write about scandium).

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She walked around the room, and as she approached the table, I was at a loss for words -- something that never happens to me.

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But every so often something happens that crosses the boundary between personal mishap to topic-worth-discussing, and such a thing happened to me last night.

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