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“If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.”  This is a paraprosdokian. Huh?

“If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.” This is a paraprosdokian. Huh?

by mylinhshattan | Mar 7, 2015 | On Education, On Literature, On Writing

In the spirit of National Grammar Day and the power of language to go beyond its machinery and rules, let’s explore strange new words, seek out new life in literary figures of speech, and boldly go where great authors have gone before. (R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy,...

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