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Hi Mister Micawber- Okay so I know what a metaphor and a smilie are, and I know their differences. I know that a METAPHOR is: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object OR action to which it is not literally
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"Unrecoverable" may not be an appropriate descriptor for lagan. At least one dictionary says that lagan is distinguished from flotsam and jetsam in that its location is marked with a buoy to facilitate recovery. Since you mention it as
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bob cunningham
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Since, in English, the comma is, unlike in German, not ... a pause**, and to give it two purposes creates confusion. In English the comma *is* a grammatical device, but some use it also to indicate pauses in speech, but that is a secondary
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john lawler
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