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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Species of one...ordain a mood...?

Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me what the colored phrases mean?
To the world Ajmal was the best spinner going, but to Pakistan he was more. He had acquired that status, blessed and cursed, reserved in Pakistan for The Last Hope: the one man with the power to ordain a mood to days and nights. Shahid Afridi is a species of one, of course, both a remnant and a portent, but in this latest avatar of Pakistan cricket, in which they are conventional and conservative like a nice but unremarkable office suit, Ajmal was the funky tie, a little concession to the urges of colour and rebellion.
Does "species of one" mean 'type of one"?
Thanks!
  

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silak12 a species of one one of a kind; a unique person silak12 to ordain a mood to days and nights No idea; something that spinners can do, I suppose. silak12 unremarkable office suit, standard business suit

— Mister Micawber

  • silak12 a species of one one of a kind; a unique person silak12 to ordain a mood to days and nights No idea; something that spinners can do, I suppose.
  • silak12 unremarkable office suit, standard business suit
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silak12 a species of one
one of a kind; a unique person
silak12 to ordain a mood to days and nights
No idea; something that spinners can do, I suppose.
silak12unremarkable office suit,
standard business suit
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Thanks for your precious time sir.
Mister Micawberone of a kind; a unique person
So, is "a species of one" wrong?
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silak12So, is "a species of one" wrong?
I presumed it was a literary figure created by the author. It is at least understandable, which 'ordain a mood of day and night' definitely is not!
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