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Soheil1 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Or is it?

Hi.
What does it mean to say
[it] appears impossible.Or is it?
Thanks in advance
  

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Or is it? It seems impossible, but maybe it is not impossible.

— Mister Micawber

  • Or is it?
  • It seems impossible, but maybe it is not impossible.
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soheil1[it] appears impossible.Or is it?
It seems impossible, but maybe it is not impossible.
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What about
“It’s as simple as that,”. . .or is it?
http://catalogue.pearsoned.co.uk/assets/hip/gb/hip_gb_pearsonhighered/samplechapter/0132179342.pdf

Can "Or is it?" be replaced by "really"?
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Sorry again
I also want to know the difference between

3rd Party Debate is ON!!! ….or is it???

and

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In your examples where "or is it?" is added, the idea is to put doubt in the mind of the reader by suggesting that the previous statement may be false. It's to make the reader wonder what is really true. In conversation between friends this addition is sometimes motivated by a desire to be somewhat mischievous and may be said with a twinkle in the eye.

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