Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 15 AIL 1436 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: The Modern Sense
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The idea
His vocabulary is where unit three's trap is densest. Want, still, conceit, wit, brave, rude and fond all appear in his lines carrying senses that have since moved. The modern reading of any of them usually leaves a readable sentence, which is what makes it expensive.
In practice
The wrong sense still reads.
Where people slip
Readable errors are the costly ones.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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