Iain  Lennon

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An English teacher will tell you that The Purpose Of The Adjective Is To Describe The Noun. One does a job for the other. Not in hendiadys and not in Shakespeare. Here you just get the nouns lined up, one beside the other, and though they’re holding hands, you can’t tell which is in charge.
The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
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