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upset phlegmatic

0Is this sentence ok? ''upset phlegmatic' is deliberately used here as an oxymoron. Thank you02br
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00There is no more beautiful picture than the one showing the upset phlegmatic, who every husband gradually turns into.0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Is this sentence ok? ''upset phlegmatic' is deliberately used here as an oxymoron. 02font 02br 02br 00'Phlegmatic' is not often used as a noun.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Is this sentence ok?
  • ''upset phlegmatic' is deliberately used here as an oxymoron.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00'Phlegmatic' is not often used as a noun.
  • 02br 02br 00The first half of the sentence is written in better grammar than the last half, which sounds like informal English.
  • 02br 02br 00The meaning is a little cryptic.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00There is no more beautiful picture than the one showing the upset phlegmatic, who every husband gradually turns into.02font02br
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0I would just change 01i00who02i00 to 01i00which02i00, since the 01i00upset plegmatic02i00 is a 01u00type02u00 of person, not a specific individual.0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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01i00Now, I would like to say a few words about nagging,00 00the most powerful weapon of married women. You may not be able to blackmail your 00already fed up00 husband anymore by threatening to leave him, but if you repeat the problem ten or twenty times in a low, but persistent voic
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