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Jamal 1315 Posted 3 years ago
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Something was off with him?

Hello everybody.

I remember the day I heard Clive talk so earnestly about this parallel
ghost world, expecting him to laugh it off. But he wasn’t laughing, he was
confessing. That’s the first time I can recall thinking something was off
with him. Way off. For all our surface similarities, there was a whole layer
of one-eyed sea creatures on Clive’s ocean floor.

I can't figure out the bold part. Would you please tell me what the bold part means?

I really appreciate you for the great help.

  

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Jamal 1315 I can't figure out the bold part. Would you please tell me what the bold part means? That's what you call creative writing.

  • Jamal 1315 I can't figure out the bold part.
  • Would you please tell me what the bold part means?
  • That's what you call creative writing.
  • You can say something is off meaning that it is undesirably unconventional.
  • If it is way off it is extremely so.
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Jamal 1315I can't figure out the bold part. Would you please tell me what the bold part means?

That's what you call creative writing.

You can say something is off meaning that it is undesirably unconventional. If it is way off it is extremely so. The rest is a playful way of saying that Clive is somewhat mentally deranged. There is an expression in En

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