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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Concerning a book titled: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Heartbreaking_Work_of_Staggering_Genius

Is the work described as being "staggering genius", that is, the work is very very smart;

or is the person who did the work a staggering genius, or would this be written as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Heartbreaking_Work_of_Staggering_Genius?
  

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Without a , this use of genius refers to the work, not the author.

— Philip

  • Without a , this use of genius refers to the work, not the author.
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Without a, this use of genius refers to the work, not the author.
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