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Contraposition Posted 10 years ago
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British(English) humour

What is the humour point here? What makes the highlighted line humorous? ("might" is italicized.)

  

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contraposition What makes the highlighted line humorous? ) He is humorously understating the obvious. In fact, they will certainly have noticed that they had broken in.

  • contraposition What makes the highlighted line humorous?
  • ) He is humorously understating the obvious.
  • In fact, they will certainly have noticed that they had broken in.
  • )
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contrapositionWhat makes the highlighted line humorous? ("might" is italicized.)
He is humorously understating the obvious. In fact, they will certainly have noticed that they had broken in.

(It is not specifically British humour; it would be the same in AmE.)

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