Equal amounts
"Stupidity takes centre-stage, with equal amounts of inspired lunacy to be found on the fringes."
(The Guardian.)
Does "equal amounts" refer both to Stupidity and inspired lunacy [i.e., Quantum of stupidity = Quantum of inspired lunacy] in the sentence above?
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Ho-hum, the good old Grauniad must be writing about the Labour Party Conference again. It means that the amount of inspired lunacy equals the amount of stupidity. In terms of the actual grammar, "equal amounts of" applies only to "inspired lunacy", but of course logically if you have equal amounts of two things then one is "as equal as the other" (except in 1984 ).
- Ho-hum, the good old Grauniad must be writing about the Labour Party Conference again.
- It means that the amount of inspired lunacy equals the amount of stupidity.
- In terms of the actual grammar, "equal amounts of" applies only to "inspired lunacy", but of course logically if you have equal amounts of two things then one is "as equal as the other" (except in 1984 ).
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Ho-hum, the good old Grauniad must be writing about the Labour Party Conference again. It means that the amount of inspired lunacy equals the amount of stupidity. In terms of the actual grammar, "equal amounts of" applies only to "inspired lunacy", but of course logically if you have equal amounts of two things then one is "as equal as the other" (except in 1984).
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