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7 Dec 2021
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I am not sure which is a more appropriate expression:
“a spirited defense of poetry”
and
“a spirited defense against poetry”
Could you please tell me?
I am not sure which is a more appropriate expression:
“a spirited defense of poetry”
and
“a spirited defense against poetry”
Could you please tell me?
“a spirited defense of poetry”
and
“a spirited defense against poetry”
Could you please tell me?
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@YoA24
Appropriate explanation of what?
These two sentences have exactly opposite meanings.
You haven’t explained what they are meant to explain… So it is very difficult to answer your question.
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@YoA24
Appropriate explanation of what?
These two sentences have exactly opposite meanings.
You haven’t explained what they are meant to explain… So it is very difficult to answer your question.
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@isthmus_x
It is very understandable you think so.
I made a mistake in my question.
I mistakenly wrote “explanation” as I wanted to write “expression”.
Sorry for this.
And from your explanation, I learned these expressions have different meanings.
So this question has turned what I did not initially intended to know. I mean this question has become a different one.
Now I understand this clearly.
I appreciate you sparing me your time to help me .
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