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| . The inversion suggests emphasis, and I would end with an exclamation point: Boy, was I angry! A question it is not. . |
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| Why not "Not a question it is."? And wouldn't it sounds strange like this? ` A question, (one-second pause) it is not. ` This is much worse: ` A question. It is not. (Wouldn't it sound like "What?, you're saying that it's a question and then saying that it's not a question?"?) |
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