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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 21   AIL 2013 short lesson, about 20 seconds

The Adjective Settles It

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The idea

Unit three's entry on this item found the deciding evidence: the adjective ready measures fluency rather than beauty or piety. Divine favour fails because nothing in the speech is religious, and ornament fails because ready is not an ornamental word. Skill survives.

In practice

Ready measures fluency.

Where people slip

Unit three worked this item.

Your place on the trail

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