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Old Thu Dec 31, 2009, 03:20am
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Originally Posted by just another ref View Post
I don't consider it to be a description at all, but merely a figure of speech which conveys information.
Whether you agree or disagree, the point they're making is that it mattereth not what you think this figure of speech means. It only matters what the hearer thinks it means. If it means something else to the hearer, then you have not conveyed the information you intended.
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