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In line 27, the adjective "inexpressible" is used


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00:00

No Okay Let's just get to it in line twenty

00:08

seven The adjective inexpressible right there That's flying twenty seven

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is used How That's fine Here in line twenty seven

00:17

I freely own myself to have been struck with inexpressible

00:22

delight upon hearing this count together Okay Well let's think

00:30

about this the author says His delight is inexpressible but

00:34

somehow he's able to express it right He breaks out

00:37

into expressions that are a little too extravagance e right

00:41

there meaning that his delight is in fact express a

00:44

ble So by using inexpressible signify the opposite of its

00:48

meaning The author is using irony So the answer here

00:51

is B and the Loser bowl Well it's true that

00:54

the adjective is metaphorical in the sense that it's not

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literal So yeah metaphorical not the right answer Here however

01:00

as the narrator says later he does express his delight

01:03

His delight ends up being a little too extravagant meaning

01:06

that inexpressible was used to mean the opposite of its

01:10

usual meetings So you gotta pay attention for the subtleties

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Therefore metaphoric isn't strong enough to describe the narrator's intentions

01:18

Likewise they didn't use the word incorrectly so get rid

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of See the irony highlights how delighted he actually Waas

01:25

so inexpressible describes his enthusiasm But it isn't used enthusiastically

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as Indy Nor is his delight regretful de So get

01:34

rid of it So yeah that's it Ironically the answer

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is B is in

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