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The number of people who can copulate properly may be few; the number who can write well are infinitely fewer.
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The quote compares two abilities and claims that genuinely competent writing is much rarer than competent sex. “Infinitely fewer” is rhetorical exaggeration, stressing how unusual strong writing is rather than making a literal mathematical claim. It presents writing well as an exceptionally demanding skill, even among people who manage other intimate activities successfully.
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