"Essential Legends" of Trek?

[Christopher]

A: Traditionally, “concerted” has meant done in concert—that is, jointly.

However, the adjective had an earlier meaning of organized, coordinated, or united.

How is that a "however?" Those are basically synonymous. Coordinating and uniting both require more than one entity. I guess you can say one person's effort can be organized, though.

And since the 19th century people have used “concerted” without any collective sense to mean purposeful and determined.

It still feels wrong to me, but I'm literal-minded.

 

[JD]

Let's take Sherlock Holmes for a moment. Writers after Doyle have invented a number of family members that aren't in the Canon. There's the much older brother Sherringford (from William S. Baring- Gould), a much younger sister Enola (from Nancy Springer), a completely different younger sister Violet (from Andy Lane), plus his son Raffles (from John Kendrick Bangs), and his daughter Lucy (from Charles Vesey and Anne Elliott). None of these go together, or were ever intended to go together, yet I like imagining that they can and do fit together in various combinations. Just for myself, and only for fun. Enola and Raffles together would be hilarious.

Was Eurus in Sherlock finale from the Doyle stories or another new family member?

 

[Christopher]

Was Eurus in Sherlock finale from the Doyle stories or another new family member?

Original to the show. Other than Mycroft, the only canonical reference to any members of Holmes's family is in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter," just before Sherlock first mentions Mycroft:

“My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led much the same life as is natural to their class. But, none the less, my turn that way is in my veins, and may have come with my grandmother, who was the sister of Vernet, the French artist."

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Original to the show. Other than Mycroft, the only canonical reference to any members of Holmes's family is in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter," just before Sherlock first mentions Mycroft:

“My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led much the same life as is natural to their class. But, none the less, my turn that way is in my veins, and may have come with my grandmother, who was the sister of Vernet, the French artist."

And that quote leads to the logic behind the hypothesized even older Holmes brother, because Mycroft is very clearly not a "country squire," so who inherited the estate in the country? That led William S. Baring-Gould to hypothesize Sherringford, the Holmes country heir.

There are other ways of answering the question, such as a Pride & Prejudice inheritance situation where Holmes' mother was the only living child of the "country squire" and she was unable to inherit, so the estate went to a distant cousin.