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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 conventional sign representing something, e.g. a dove represents peace, three arrows in a...
a non-finite form of the verb. In English, there are two forms of the particle. See present...
a record of who attended a meeting, what was discussed at the meeting, and what was agreed upon...
the part of a sentence that tells us who or what receives the action of the verb. The object can...
a verb that takes a direct object, e.g. He kicked the ball. She drove the car.