The sentence before was a simple sentence with incorrect punctuation and confused the main subject of the sentence. It was hard to differentiate the subject between math tutoring and Jeremy.
Usually when an author puts the a certain word in quotation marks when it’s not technically supposed to be there is when they are trying to be sarcastic. For example- If I knew a boy that wasn’t the most bright person and I wanted to be sarcastic I would say Oh yeah, he’s real “bright”.
Tom doesn't like attending church, he endures it, and is restive all through it. He has gone many times though, he knows the prayer so well that his ear detects any small change made by the clergyman from the regular route of the prayer. Tom doesn't like change because he considers any changes to the normal prayer unfair, and scoundrelly.
