Apprentice to a trade, I am unclear of the ground rules.
What, for instance, is in the public domain? (Or, rather, who?)
Of the broom, I feel certain. But I hesitate to intrude upon the sweeper, and so I can barely bring myself to shoot from the hip.
What I wanted, of course, was the old-world tool. But how do you separate the sweeper from the swept?
Two answers to the rhetorical question present themselves. Which do I use?