The first thing you can tell from @paulg essays is he's read a lot of Wodehouse
Really? I consider that a great compliment. But how can you tell?
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Has anybody done ML to trace stylistic influences? Seems like syntax, structure, and diction all good tells.
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Constant tea breaks with his butler
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There's a stylistic element that's quite similar but hard to articulate. One in particular, is that one never knows how a sentence is going to end, which makes for delightful reading
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If you can predict how a sentence in an essay will end, it's not dense enough.
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Well, you've explicitly it in at least one of your essays, for a start
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More seriously though, there are two attributes that seen to be in common: One is an emphasis, even if implicit, on kindness. The other is a delight is taking thoughts and sentences to unexpected places. A playfulness with both language and the thoughts it's used to convey.
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I don't think I've noticed it in writing, but I did once sense a Psmith-like optimism in your countenance. And that's meant as a compliment.
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Is there a Brit who hasn't ;)
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I wouldn't have made that connection. Wodehouse doesn't necessarily write the way we talk.
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