Oh no, no don't apologise! Not offended at all! ( And also, I kind of knew it didn't quite work myself, but I didn't have the heart to fix it once I started thinking of it as an accidental homage.)

I am *very* honoured to have been examined so thoroughly and compared and contrasted with such outstanding writers during the matching process.

It really is a case of typewriters leaving their mark in a more modern sense. I had no idea my formatting was so distinctive. Possibly I should learn what the correct way actually is. ;)