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Sandy Ho Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Lend a note of insincerity

Too many superlatives lend a note of insincerity.

What is this sentence supposed to mean?

have a quality of insincerity??? Thank you!
  

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I assume it means than when a passage (written or spoken) makes use of an inordinate number of superlatives, we suspect the author of being a bullsh-- artist. "

  • I assume it means than when a passage (written or spoken) makes use of an inordinate number of superlatives, we suspect the author of being a bullsh-- artist.
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I assume it means than when a passage (written or spoken) makes use of an inordinate number of superlatives, we suspect the author of being a bullsh-- artist.

Yes, "lend a note of" equals "give a quality of."

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