Aleck was a Christian from the cradle, and duty and the force of habit required her to go through the motions.

The hotter(,) the better. (comma usually omitted in such very short expressions)

If measured early enough (<2 Myr in our simulations, or ∼20 crossing times), the velocity dispersion can be used to determine whether a region was highly supervirial at birth without the risk of degeneracy.

The torch was passed from hand to hand.