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sharp (clever) humour. Wit is not necessarily biting or angry, but it can be. Shakespeare wrote that Brevity is the soul of wit (Hamlet). Oscar Wilde was thought to be a great wit. His plays include lines such as this description of a cynic: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing (Lady Windemereâ??s Fan). Once when Wilde arrived in New York, he told the customs officer, I have nothing to declare except my genius.
a sentence in which the main clause is at the end of the sentence, e.g. Although it is raining,...
a noun that names a general class of people or entities, not individuals or particular groups, e...
When the object of the sentence is linked to the action expressed by the verb, e.g. The boy was...
(also called wormâ??s-eye angle) a shot in photography or filmmaking taken from below the...