Five-verb columns
"Similarly, you never heard her [Katie Hopkins] say anything about the horrific murder of schoolchildren at Sandy Hook, or any of the other school shootings in the United States. Being furious about that isn’t going to get her booked on Fox News, and consequently it wouldn’t get a run-out in one of her 3,000-word, five-verb columns." (The Guardian.)
What does "that isn’t going to get her booked on Fox News" exactly mean in the sentence above?
Does "one of her 3,000-word, five-verb columns" disparage her and her writing competence?
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anonymous What does "that isn’t going to get her booked on Fox News" exactly mean in the sentence above? She will not be asked to appear on a Fox News TV program. anonymous Does "one of her 3,000-word, five-verb columns" disparage her and her writing competence?
- anonymous What does "that isn’t going to get her booked on Fox News" exactly mean in the sentence above?
- She will not be asked to appear on a Fox News TV program.
- anonymous Does "one of her 3,000-word, five-verb columns" disparage her and her writing competence?
- Yes: many words, but only 5 different verbs.
- It implies that she has a limited vocabulary.
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anonymousWhat does "that isn’t going to get her booked on Fox News" exactly mean in the sentence above?
She will not be asked to appear on a Fox News TV program.
anonymousDoes "one of her 3,000-word, five-verb columns" disparage her and her writing competence?
Yes: many words, but only 5 different verbs. It implie
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