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"The very existence of poetry should make us laugh. What is it all about? What is it for?"
--Kenneth Koch
“El subtítulo ‘Modelo para armar’ podría llevar a creer que las
diferentes partes del relato, separadas por blancos, se proponen como piezas permutables.”
22/01/2007
Never begin an essay or a talk by quoting the dictionary definition of a word, unless you are a high-school student or want to be mistaken for a high-school student.
...or it's the OED and you've found a really interesting early usage of the word that catalyzes all the points in your essay into something unique and sublime.
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First-semester college students do it, too, at least in Switzerland.
"It all depends on what you mean by ..."
...or it's the OED and you've found a really interesting early usage of the word that catalyzes all the points in your essay into something unique and sublime.
You know that's not what I'm talking about.
don't forget the advertising copywriters.
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