Somebody gave me this example: "I want a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot. If I can't have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot I'll have a cup of tea." This 'proper copper coffee pot' means 'proper coffee pot made of (the metal of) copper', right? Thank you.
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Yes. This is an old elocution excercise.
— Nona the brit
Yes.
This is an old elocution excercise.
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