Master Your Vocabulary

Posted by Doug on September 9th, 2008

…Or your vocabulary will become your master. Or summat like that, I dunno.

Seems as though Aron was terribly, mysteriously ahead of the curve when he called out our current crop of politicians for their overuse of The Sphinx’s favorite rhetorical device. Slate has put a name to the tactic (it’s called antimetabole, apparently).

And always remember, learn to hide your strikes from your opponent, and you’ll more easily strike his hide.

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