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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

wits trained to preternatural acuteness by the debates

What does the following phrase mean?

<wits trained to preternatural acuteness by the debates — G. L. Dickinson>
  

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supernaturally sharp or keen - beyond what you'd expect to find in nature (without evoking the "ghosts" of the supernatural - but perhaps the divinity)

  • supernaturally sharp or keen - beyond what you'd expect to find in nature (without evoking the "ghosts" of the supernatural - but perhaps the divinity)
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supernaturally sharp or keen - beyond what you'd expect to find in nature (without evoking the "ghosts" of the supernatural - but perhaps the divinity)
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Avangisupernaturally sharp or keen - beyond what you'd expect to find in nature (without evoking the "ghosts" of the supernatural - but perhaps the divinity)
Thank you, Avangi. By the way, was that a sentence or a phrase?
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Yours or mine? - Just kidding!

You're very welcome, Jackson. I hope it made some sense.

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