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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3   AIL 0209 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Why the Other Senses of Grace Fail

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The idea

Divine favour fails because nothing in the speech is religious. Elegance as ornament fails because the adjective "ready" measures fluency, not beauty. A period of mercy fails on grammar. What survives is the sense that answers "ready", and the adjective is doing the deciding.

In practice

The adjective settles it.

Where people slip

Ready rules out every ornamental reading.

Your place on the trail

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