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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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"If I didn't have the speed demon subtitle reading eyes of an age old weeb, I might not have been able to follow the 'stupidly ridiculously fast-paced' dialogue and convoluted mess of a story that was crammed into this 20 minute episode."
It's a review that I read. Is it right to be interpreted as the following : 'fast-paced' is modified by the 'ridiculously,' and the 'ridiculously fast-paced' ismodified by the 'stupidly.'
It's a review that I read. Is it right to be interpreted as the following : 'fast-paced' is modified by the 'ridiculously,' and the 'ridiculously fast-paced' ismodified by the 'stupidly.'
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This is informal phrasing that is open to grouping in different ways. As well as yours, "stupidly" might modify "ridiculously" and then "stupidly ridiculously" modify "fast-paced", or "stupidly" and "ridiculously" might individually and separately modify "dialogue". All interpretations have essentially the same meaning for the purposes of the text, so it does not matter which is adopted.
- This is informal phrasing that is open to grouping in different ways.
- As well as yours, "stupidly" might modify "ridiculously" and then "stupidly ridiculously" modify "fast-paced", or "stupidly" and "ridiculously" might individually and separately modify "dialogue".
- All interpretations have essentially the same meaning for the purposes of the text, so it does not matter which is adopted.
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This is informal phrasing that is open to grouping in different ways. As well as yours, "stupidly" might modify "ridiculously" and then "stupidly ridiculously" modify "fast-paced", or "stupidly" and "ridiculously" might individually and separately modify "dialogue". All interpretations have essentially the same meaning for the purposes of the text, so it does not matter which is adopted.
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