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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
Bore
"However, since the Brexit vote, Europeans suspect endearing eccentricity has morphed into unpredictable irrationality. The UK has become the tipsy, tweedy uncle, who after too much Christmas sherry has tipped over into drunkenly abusive bore." (BBC News.)
Is there any stylistic reason behind omitting a determiner ("a" or "the") in the prepositional object "drunkenly abusive bore" in the paragraph above?
Is there any stylistic reason behind omitting a determiner ("a" or "the") in the prepositional object "drunkenly abusive bore" in the paragraph above?
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Anonymous Is there any stylistic reason behind omitting a determiner ("a" or "the") in the prepositional object "drunkenly abusive bore" in the paragraph above? Yes; it more clearly suggests the generic role of 'bore'.
- Anonymous Is there any stylistic reason behind omitting a determiner ("a" or "the") in the prepositional object "drunkenly abusive bore" in the paragraph above?
- Yes; it more clearly suggests the generic role of 'bore'.
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AnonymousIs there any stylistic reason behind omitting a determiner ("a" or "the") in the prepositional object "drunkenly abusive bore" in the paragraph above?Yes; it more clearly suggests the generic role of 'bore'.
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