0
NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

With a barb from the crowd?

Is the barb/agressive remark a part of the essay or is it from the readers who read the essay?

Context:
Monica Lewinsky opens her June Vanity Fair essay (you have to subscribe to the digital edition of the magazine to http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/05/monica-lewinsky-speaks?mbid=social_twitter) with a barb from the crowd: “How does it feel to be America’s premiere blow job queen?”

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/05/08/monica_lewinsky_in_vanity_fair_not_a_national_conversation_starter.html
  

Top answer

NL888 Is the barb/agressive remark a part of the essay or is it from the readers who read the essay? It is a remark made by a member of the crowd surrounding Ms Lewinsky at some public appearance.

  • NL888 Is the barb/agressive remark a part of the essay or is it from the readers who read the essay?
  • It is a remark made by a member of the crowd surrounding Ms Lewinsky at some public appearance.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

2 Answers
0
NL888Is the barb/agressive remark a part of the essay or is it from the readers who read the essay?
It is a remark made by a member of the crowd surrounding Ms Lewinsky at some public appearance.
0
The barb was called out by someone in a crowd of people attending an interview of Ms.Lewinsky in 2001. She quotes the question in her recent essay in Vanity Fair.

Related Questions