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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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a felicity with words

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003: a pleasing manner or quality especially in art or language <01b00a felicity with words02b00>02br
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00compliment02br
002 plural: best wishes: REGARDS <accept my compliments> <01b00compliments of the season02b00>02br
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1font00a felicity with words02font00 an easy, graceful way of putting words together02br
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01font00compliments of the season02font00 season's greetings!0-
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0 Hi Avangi,02br
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00Is the following sentence correct?02br
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00With the arrival of Spring, the birds start singing different songs which can be described as the compliments of the season. 0-
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0 sorry, this is kind of syrupy and cliche-filled, but ... grammar is OK02br
01b00spring 02b00not Spring0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Is the following sentence correct?12br
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10With the arrival of Spring, the birds start singing different songs which can be described as the 10compliments of the season10.12blockquote
10Hi Jackson,02br
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00I can't seem to get a precise handle on
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11cite20Jackson661222cite20Is the following sentence correct?22br
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20With the arrival of Spring, the birds start singing different songs which can be described as the 21font20compliments of the
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0As Marius' post seems to suggest, your image is metaphorical - i.e., poetry. A typical example of "compliments of the season" would be a man wishing his friends "Merry Christmas." But from a birdseye view of spring, this is exactly what your sentence depicts. I like it. - A.02br
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