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Wowenglish Posted 14 years ago
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Is there any difference in the meaning between "1.Oh, great!" and "2.Oh, great!"?
1. Oh, great! It snowed last night!
2. Oh, great! I gotta walk through this stuff to get my paper!

  

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" is said with genuine enthusiasm and the second is said ironically.

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  • " is said with genuine enthusiasm and the second is said ironically.
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Since Dagwood is smiling in the first box but not in the second, I would say that the first "Oh, great!" is said with genuine enthusiasm and the second is said ironically.
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The first 'Oh, great!' is him expressing joy (it's a great thing that it's snowed); the second one is him complaining ('oh great' here means more like 'really? I have to do this?). He's annoyed and unhappy.
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