E, I am not quite sure what your objection is. Are you objecting to my use of the preposition "against" after "animus," and advocating the use of "toward" instead? What you have written sounds a bit contradictory to me (and incorrectly punctuated, by the way <g>):
Animus is always "against," (unless you're speaking Latin,) so the correct expression, would, I believe, be "animus toward."
In any event, I checked all the dictionaries I have in the house. The only one that specified what preposition should follow "animus" was my monster unabridged Webster's International (1945). It did so by providing the following examples of the use of the word "animus" in sentences:
Far from having any animus against the various princes.
-- Blackwood's
The animus of Cervantes is directed against the cause of Don Quixote's aberration.
-- John Macy
Enmity toward, yes. Animosity toward, yes. But animus against sounds right to me. I am willing to be convinced otherwise; but you will have to make a good case for it -- and to cite your sources. <g>
On your question about the "it" in Christopher's sentence: yes, I can see your point, finally. Good job.
Joan
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