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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 4864646, member: 83956&quot;]That’s a good analysis of the prose. I wonder if the writing was influenced by a kind of British celebration of the periodic sentence—a building up toward a conclusion through a host of subordinate clauses, as you demonstrate. Maybe the goal here is a rhetorical flourish at the end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like [USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER], I too choked on the phrase “unassailable argument.” I tell my students to make their argument and then let the reader decide whether the case is “unassailable” or not. Otherwise, you’re begging the question.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in fairness, if I had a potential million dollar coin for sale, I might lay on the rhetoric pretty thick too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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