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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"Exceptional" ironically?
Hi! everyone.
Could you help me with this?
Actually I want to write to someone that he is "exceptional" to mean that he is not really good or exceptional at all and I am saying that ironically. Does this word ("exceptional") with quotation marks imply the meaning I am intending to convey?
Hope you get what I am trying to ask?
Thanks!
Could you help me with this?
Actually I want to write to someone that he is "exceptional" to mean that he is not really good or exceptional at all and I am saying that ironically. Does this word ("exceptional") with quotation marks imply the meaning I am intending to convey?
Hope you get what I am trying to ask?
Thanks!
Top answer
Why not use 'special cause' instead?
- Why not use 'special cause' instead?
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You need a context that shows you are being ironic.
eg Not ironic. Tom won a Nobel Prize last year. He is exceptional!
eg Ironic. Jim has raced 100 metres 200 times, and has always finished last. He is exceptional.
You also can convey irony by your tone of voice and facial expression.
You might want to review the difference between irony and sarcasm.
eg Not ironic. Tom won a Nobel Prize last year. He is exceptional!
eg Ironic. Jim has raced 100 metres 200 times, and has always finished last. He is exceptional.
You also can convey irony by your tone of voice and facial expression.
You might want to review the difference between irony and sarcasm.
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