Thread: ‘Superlativisation’ or exaggeration in English Language
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Old 29-Dec-2004, 02:05
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Default Re: ‘Superlativisation’ or exaggeration in English Language
The is a tendency for 'superlativisation', often driven by the excesses of our over-excitable media, but isn't suggesting that civilisation is in peril itself possibly an exaggeration.
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