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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
small problem with Emilia's flippancy
Help! Will it be correct if I write: 'The flippancy of Wellesian Emilia provides a foil for Desdemona's virtue which the ensign will try to "turn into pitch".'I mean, will it be OK for me to write 'the flippancy of,' even if I'm talking about a person, not an object?
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I guess that you are writing about the movie adaptation of Othello by Orson Welles. A person who is flippant treats serious things lightly, perhaps to the point of being disrespectful. Your use of "flippancy", if this is your intended meaning, is correct.
- I guess that you are writing about the movie adaptation of Othello by Orson Welles.
- A person who is flippant treats serious things lightly, perhaps to the point of being disrespectful.
- Your use of "flippancy", if this is your intended meaning, is correct.
- There is, however, a grammatical flaw in your sentence.
- It needs either a definite article or a possessive: The flippancy of the Wellesian Emilia provides a foil for Desdemona's virtue which the ensign will try to "turn into pitch".
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I guess that you are writing about the movie adaptation of Othello by Orson Welles.
A person who is flippant treats serious things lightly, perhaps to the point of being disrespectful. Your use of "flippancy", if this is your intended meaning, is correct. There is, however, a grammatical flaw in your sentence. It needs either a definite article or a possessive:
The flippancy o
A person who is flippant treats serious things lightly, perhaps to the point of being disrespectful. Your use of "flippancy", if this is your intended meaning, is correct. There is, however, a grammatical flaw in your sentence. It needs either a definite article or a possessive:
The flippancy o
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