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by torwayburger 1948 days ago
Being a figure of speech has little to do with the statement being factually incorrect.
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TameAntelope 1948 days ago
Yes it does, since it's not presented as factual.
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torwayburger 1948 days ago
It's written as a statement, not as a figure of speech. If it's not intended to be factual, it should be annotated as such. It literally claims theft as it stands, which makes the article seem juvenile in use of language.
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TameAntelope 1948 days ago
It's not written as a "statement [of fact]", that is incorrect.

How did 'beervirus and I know how to interpret the phrase successfully?

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torwayburger 1934 days ago
You're interpretation of it isn't wrong. You're still wrong in asserting that it wasn't presentes as a fact in the article. It clearly, linguistically is.
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beervirus 1948 days ago
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/figure-of-speech

It doesn't have to be labeled in big flashing letters "THIS IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH" for reasonable people to construe it as a figure of speech.

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torwayburger 1934 days ago
Beervirus is stealing my time by arguing nonsense.

See? Clearly presented as fact by the language used and yet clearly it's nonsense. No label necessary.

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