It’s the rhetorical equivalent of having your cake and eating it. No wonder politicians love it Sometimes an unfamiliar ancient Greek word can mask a rhetorical device that’s as commonplace as salt.
It’s someone’s job to name new medications. Drug Company A approaches Marketing Company B and says, “Hey, we’ve got this new drug. It makes people happy in the short run, but they’ll still have to ...
When I wrote a column two weeks ago cautioning against the wrong use of double negatives, Forum member Gerry T. Galacio asked: “How do we differentiate between the double negative and the figure of ...
Yesterday’s post addressed the use of litotes in California’s broker-dealer suitability rule. Litotes can be an effective rhetorical device, but as Judge Frank H. Easterbrook observed, it is also ...
It’s someone’s job to name new medications. Drug Company A approaches Marketing Company B and says, “Hey, we’ve got this new drug. It makes people happy in the short run, but they’ll still have to ...
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