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Writingtosms Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Speeches measured by the hour... Meaning?

Hi

I'm unable to understand the meaning of Thomas Jefferson's quote:

Speeches measured by the hour die with the hour.

Please help.


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writingtosms I'm unable to understand the meaning of Thomas Jefferson's quote: We speak of time dying. Toward sunset, the day is dying. Arsenal rallied in the dying minutes of the match to score twice.

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  • writingtosms I'm unable to understand the meaning of Thomas Jefferson's quote: We speak of time dying.
  • Toward sunset, the day is dying.
  • Arsenal rallied in the dying minutes of the match to score twice.
  • As the first hour of a long-winded speech dies, so does the speech—the speech dies with, that is, at the same time as, the hour.
  • To say that the speech dies means that it stops being something you want to listen to.
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writingtosmsI'm unable to understand the meaning of Thomas Jefferson's quote:

We speak of time dying. Toward sunset, the day is dying. Arsenal rallied in the dying minutes of the match to score twice. As the first hour of a long-winded speech dies, so does the speech—the speech dies with, that is, at the same time as, the hour. To say that the speech dies m

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