Iain  Lennon

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Two is only a pair, and four is all wrong. Churchill tried a four (it’s called a tetracolon). In his first speech to Parliament as Prime Minister he told them that he had ‘nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat’. But four doesn’t work and everybody remembers the line as ‘blood, sweat and
Iain  Lennon
remember that. my thankyou note was a four.
The Elements of Eloquence: How To Turn the Perfect English Phrase
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