Determination
Jan 3, 2021 04:15:44 #
Jan 3, 2021 18:44:52 #
SteveR wrote:
"enables the extraordinarily pulchritudinous to flaunt the fact that they are exceptionally beautiful," is like saying "the beautiful are beautiful."
Not really: The basic sentence actually is ‘…what passes for fashion enables… flaunting.' Did you miss that? The detailed identification of who flaunts what is useful supplementary information. Parallel rewording avoids boring repetition. Did that escape your notice?
Jan 3, 2021 21:05:18 #
Orson Burleigh wrote:
Not really: The basic sentence actually is ‘…what passes for fashion enables… flaunting.' Did you miss that? The detailed identification of who flaunts what is useful supplementary information. Parallel rewording avoids boring repetition. Did that escape your notice?
It's a stretch. It's an anti-oxymoron.
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