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Saraba Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
"I'm speechless"
Can this be used in both positive and negative way?
Top answer
Yes.
- Yes.
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To elaborate. The positive or negative depends upon what made you speechless.
When they came to arrest him for murder, he was speechless.
When they came to award him the Nobel prize, he was speechless.
So the state of being speechless is identical. However, the emotion causing that state may be considered either positive (joy) or negative (guilt).
When they came to arrest him for murder, he was speechless.
When they came to award him the Nobel prize, he was speechless.
So the state of being speechless is identical. However, the emotion causing that state may be considered either positive (joy) or negative (guilt).
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